{"id":89785,"date":"2026-01-05T15:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89785\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:04:28","slug":"doctor-accused-of-pushing-72-year-old-man-into-moving-subway-train-in-bronx-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/89785\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor accused of pushing 72-year-old man into moving subway train in Bronx: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2014 A great-grandfather who was nearly killed just hours into the new year is speaking out from the hospital after police say he was shoved into a moving subway train<\/a> in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Officials say the suspect is a Russian national working as a doctor in New York. During his arraignment, the suspect\u2019s attorney told a judge his client has committed his life to caring for sick people. Police say it was at a Bronx subway station where he attempted to kill a stranger.<\/p>\n

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Julio Figueroa, 72, was heading home from a Yonkers casino early New Year\u2019s morning when police say he was pushed into a moving No. 4 train at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s alive, thank God,\u201d his niece said. \u201cWe have angels looking down on him, so thank God for that. Just keep the prayers coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Figueroa and his family invited PIX11 News to the hospital, where he remains in intensive care, but stable. He spoke in a whisper and said he is in immense pain but grateful to have survived.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants people to know his story so that this doesn\u2019t happen again,\u201d his Goddaughter Venis Falu said.<\/p>\n

Police say the attack happened just three hours into 2026, when 29-year-old Anton Aleshin allegedly shoved Figueroa into the train, causing him to strike the train and bounce back onto the platform.<\/p>\n

Figueroa told PIX11 News he does not remember the incident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe has two broken ribs, his face is messed up, staples in his head, and internal bleeding,\u201d Martha Quinones, his sister-in-law, said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses called 911, and officers arrived within seconds, arresting Aleshin at the scene.<\/p>\n

In court, prosecutors said Aleshin is a Russian national enrolled in a residency program at Brookdale Hospital, which declined to comment about his status.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would you try to hurt someone if you\u2019re trying to save lives?\u201d Falu said. \u201cHe could have died.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police say the push was unprovoked and that Aleshin admitted to the act.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we told him they caught the guy, he was in shock,\u201d Falu said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t know if he was followed.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Bronx judge ordered Aleshin held without bail, citing concerns he could flee to Russia, which has no extradition treaty with the United States.<\/p>\n

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