{"id":355269,"date":"2026-09-24T02:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:10:31","slug":"news-12-bronx-bronx-man-sentenced-to-6-years-for-slashing-mta-conductor-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/355269\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Bronx Man Sentenced To 6 Years For Slashing Mta Conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A Bronx man convicted of slashing an MTA conductor in the face in 2025 was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison, according to the Bronx District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\"><a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/newyork.news12.com\/bronx-man-found-guilty-of-slashing-mta-worker-a-year-after-the-attack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Thompson, 29, was found guilty<\/a> of assaulting MTA conductor Lynette Pierce on June 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Pierce, 36, was working on a southbound 6 train when it arrived at the Whitlock Avenue subway station in Foxhurst.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Thompson was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Prosecutors say Thompson approached Pierce while she was standing on the platform and slashed the left side of her face with a sharp object.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Pierce suffered two lacerations and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she received eight stitches.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Transit Workers Union members attended Thompson\u2019s trial in support of Pierce.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Union representatives say the attack left Pierce with lasting physical and emotional trauma, calling for stronger protections for transit workers.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\"><a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/new-photos-released-of-man-wanted-for-slashing-mta-conductor-in-longwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thompson was arrested on a warrant at his home on June 12, 2025<\/a>, after police identified him through surveillance video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx man convicted of slashing an MTA conductor in the face in 2025 was sentenced Tuesday to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-355269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355269","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=355269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}