Alleged subway hammer attacker held on $300k bail at arraignment

The attacker who allegedly whacked an Asian man with a hammer in a hate-fueled assault at a Manhattan subway station was held on $300,000 bail at her Friday morning arraignment.

Prosecutors additionally revealed that Christian Jeffers, 48, who identifies as a girl, allegedly attacked the 29-year-old sufferer on Tuesday “with little to no provocation.”

Jeffers was charged with assault, aggravated harassment and menacing — all as hate crimes — and prison possession of a weapon over the caught-on-camera assault on the 14th Road 1/2/3 station.

The suspect is a identified “transit offender” with 47 prior arrests, based on cops and sources.

Jeffers was launched from jail again in June after serving practically six years on a second-degree theft conviction — and was on post-release supervision set to run out September 2024, information present.

Simply over per week later, she was busted for petit larceny, cops stated.

Christian Jeffers is seen being transported from the Transit District 4 precinct at the Union Square station in New York City on March 9, 2022.
Christian Jeffers is seen being transported from the Transit District 4 precinct on the Union Sq. station in New York Metropolis on March 9, 2022.
Christopher Sadowski

Jeffers’ allegedly launched the hammer assault after bumping into the sufferer on the prepare platform.

“I didn’t see the hammer. I simply noticed [her] reaching right into a bag, pulled one thing out. It occurred, like, too fast for me to react,” the sufferer had advised The Publish.

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