{"id":333442,"date":"2026-08-30T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333442\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:44:09","slug":"smiling-nut-whacks-straphanger-with-gardening-tool-on-nyc-subway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333442\/","title":{"rendered":"Smiling nut whacks straphanger with gardening tool on NYC subway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are searching for a grinning nut who swung a gardening tool at a straphanger during rush hour aboard a lower Manhattan subway train.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified brute whacked a 49-year-old man with the large gardening tool, striking him in the hand and legs, while aboard a northbound \u201cA\/C\u201d train near Fulton Street and Nassau Street around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 9, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.39166667;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40585948\" width=\"231\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1930-hours-aboard-northbound-c-139030354.jpg\" alt=\"Suspect in a blue baseball cap and black tank top holding a gardening tool.\" class=\"wp-image-40585948\"\/>An unidentified individual swung a gardening tool at a 49-year-old male victim on Sunday, August 9, 2026, aboard a northbound \u201cA\/C\u201d train in the vicinity of Fulton Street and Nassau Street. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>The straphanger suffered minor injuries but refused medical attention at the scene, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Images released by the department captured the green-thumbed attacker who later fled the scene smiling aboard the train while holding a large tool with a wooden handle. <\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a man with a dark complexion, approximately 30 years old, 6 feet tall, an athletic build, short black hair, and brown eyes, cops said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.46805556;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40585961\" width=\"276\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1930-hours-aboard-northbound-c-139030353.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue baseball cap and a tank top.\" class=\"wp-image-40585961\"\/> The suspect fled the location after striking the victim in the hand and legs, causing minor injuries. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen wearing a black tank top, black pants, a blue baseball cap, and a silver necklace. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for a grinning nut who swung a gardening tool at a straphanger during rush hour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,303,19085,75,57,9,56,63,65,64,1687,58],"class_list":["post-333442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-assaults","tag-crime","tag-investigations","tag-manhattan","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-subways","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}