Migrant drunkenly fanned flames after torching homeless woman on Brooklyn subway: D.A.
Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face murder charges.
Suspect who allegedly set woman on fire in subway fanned flames, prosecutors say
Authorities are revealing more details surrounding the killing of a woman who was set on fire while sleeping on the New York City subway​.
Suspect charged with murder after woman set on fire and killed on NYC subway
The suspect -- identified by police on Monday as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta -- was taken into custody on Sunday, hours after the incident.
NYPD arrests man suspected of lighting homeless woman on fire in Brooklyn subway car, killing her
Police arrested a man who allegedly lit a sleeping homeless woman on fire in a Brooklyn subway car Sunday morning, then watched calmly as she burned to death, NYPD officials said.
Man accused of burning woman to death on NY subway charged with murder
A man accused of lighting a woman’s clothes on fire aboard a New York City subway was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court on Tuesday for first and second degree murder charges in addition to arson according to the Associated Press.
ID pending on woman in subway-set-on-fire case as suspect is arraigned
New York City police arrested and charged a man suspected to have set a woman on fire in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died.
What to know about the death of a woman who was set on fire in a New York City subway train
New York City police have arrested a man on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train.
Weekend violence — including a sleeping woman burned to death on Brooklyn train — propels NYC subway murder tally to 25-year high: cops
A rash of killings on the NYC subway system this year — which stands at 10 murders as 2024 draws to a close — matches a ...
Sanctuary city New York pressured to make drastic change after illegal migrant allegedly burns woman alive
Calls to end New York City's sanctuary policies escalate after a previously deported migrant was arrested in connection to ...
Suspect in fatal New York subway burning ‘fanned the flames’ with his shirt, according to police testimony
Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in ...
Prosecutors: Brooklyn businessman will plead guilty to conspiracy charge in case against Mayor Adams
Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign ...
These were the year’s biggest leases in Brooklyn and Queens
Here are the top largest office leases in Queens and Brooklyn, according to data compiled by TRD, CBRE and Cushman & ...
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Man charged with murder after woman set on fire on F train in Brooklyn
Police have charged the man they said lit a woman on fire aboard an F train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, killing her.
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New York Nightmare as Man Accused of Murder and Arson in Brooklyn Subway Blaze
Sebastian Zapeta was arrested for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a NYC subway train, facing murder and arson charges.