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MTA's subway camera bet pays off in arrest after fatal F train fire
The new surveillance cameras on every subway car helped the NYPD make a swift arrest in connection with a deadly fire aboard ...
Migrant accused of torching woman on subway was ‘average guy’: roommate
A roommate of Guatemalan migrant Sebastian Zapeta, who allegedly fatally torched a woman on a Brooklyn F train, said Zapeta ...
Horrific video shows suspect watching woman burn to death in F train car after he allegedly set her on fire
A migrant from Guatemala has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday ...
Suspect held without bail in fatal burning of sleeping woman on subway
The suspect -- identified by police on Monday as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta -- was taken into custody on Sunday, hours ...
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 ...
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Man arrested after woman killed in Brooklyn F train fire, police say
The fire spread through the train car at the terminal, according to photos reviewed by Gothamist. Officers patrolling the ...
Critics warn of 'Daniel Penny effect’ after woman burned alive on NYC subway car as bystanders watched
Critics are sounding the alarm over the "Daniel Penny effect" happening after a woman was burned alive on an NYC subway train ...
Sleeping subway rider burned alive on F train after crazed attacker tosses lit match on her: police sources
A woman died Sunday morning after police found her on engulfed in flames on an F train in Coney Island, police said.