A violent recidivist sicko accused of making an attempt to rape a lady on a Occasions Sq. subway was given $250,000 bail at his arraignment on felony costs Saturday evening.
Tyriek Martin, a 34-year-old homeless man who’s been busted not less than 70 occasions, appeared in Manhattan Prison Court docket late Saturday earlier than Decide Robert Rosenthal on first-degree tried rape, first-degree sexual abuse and third-degree assault costs.
Rosenthal set bail at $250,000 on the request of prosecutors. He was held in jail, although being given a bail quantity, versus being remanded, offers the mentally ailing perp with a felony-strewn rap sheet courting again to 2006 an opportunity to return to the streets.
Martin was the one different particular person on the northbound W practice approaching the Occasions Sq.-42 Road subway station on Thursday simply earlier than midday when he smashed the feminine straphangers head towards a pole, police and legislation enforcement sources stated Friday.
He then threw her to the bottom, climbed on prime of her and tried to sexually assault her, they stated.
The sufferer struggled and screamed for assist because the practice pulled into the main transit hub, a police supply stated, resulting in a number of close by good Samaritan building staff dashing to her help and holding the alleged rapist down till the cops arrived.
The sufferer, who suffered a fractured nostril within the brutal noon assault, was taken to a neighborhood hospital for remedy, cops stated.
Martin has been busted for crimes corresponding to theft, drug possession and public lewdness. He was additionally arrested for randomly bashing a 2-year-old autistic woman within the face with a 20-pound suitcase.
