Saquan Lemons was ordered held with out bail after his arraignment on Sunday.
Tomas E. Gaston
A Bronx man accused within the random, deadly stabbing of a straphanger on the East 176th Road subway station was ordered held with out bail at his court docket look early Sunday.
Saquan Lemons, 27, was allegedly seen on surveillance footage “tumbling out” of a 4 practice at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday and stabbing 38-year-old Charles Moore a number of instances “on a crowded practice platform throughout very busy night hours,” prosecutors mentioned in Bronx legal court docket.
Moore, who was on his means dwelling from his job at Citi Area in Queens, died from his accidents Friday, household mentioned.
Lemons — who beforehand did 4 years behind bars for a theft in Georgia — was noticed after the assault holding “a bloody knife exterior practice station after which strolling away from the scene,” assistant district legal professional Gabriella DeRitis mentioned.
John Cromwell, an legal professional for Lemons, requested psychological well being providers for the accused, who's going through prices of homicide, manslaughter and legal possession of a weapon.
Moore, a father of an 8-year-old woman, was remembered by household as a “candy” one who wasn’t aggressive.
“You took her father away. How dare you?” Moore’s mom Frances Vanterpoole Moore advised The Publish on Saturday. “Her daddy was her life.”
The grieving mother mentioned she heard of her son’s tragic finish not from the NYPD or metropolis officers however from a neighbor. She was pissed off Saturday and urged Mayor Eric Adams a message to “do the appropriate factor.”
“He paid his taxes, he labored for the New York Mets. Give him the consideration, that this man has a toddler,” she mentioned of her son. “Acknowledge who we're. We’re speaking a few hardworking man and a father who cherished his youngster. We all know the migrants need assistance, we'd like assist.”
Lemons is scheduled to return to court docket on Oct. 13.
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