Ex-con on parole for Manhattan tracks shove arrested in new subway attack
Rolan Reid confronted a 28-year-old stranger, asking her, 'Where's my MetroCard?' in the 14th St./Sixth Ave. station about 4:10 p.m. Sunday, cops said. He then threw the rod at her, police said.
The victim suffered a puncture wound on her left forearm and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
Reid, 42, was arrested for felony assault and weapon possession.
On June 1, 2015, Reid threw garbage at a 28-year-old transgender woman before shoving her onto the tracks at the Bleecker St. subway stop, police said.
'What are you looking at?' Reid demanded of that victim as the two stood on the downtown 6 train platform, police said at the time. Reid then attacked the victim.
The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where she was treated and released, police said.
Reid was convicted of attempted murder and in December 2023 was conditionally released on parole after serving nearly seven years in prison, records show.
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