The attacks came amid heightened concerns about crime in the subways, particularly after the arrest Sunday of a man charged ...

Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who may have been sleeping in the train, and set her clothing on fire with a ...

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arraigned on murder charges in the death of an unidentified woman who was set on fire while riding ...

Two people were stabbed in New York City’s Grand Central 42nd Street subway station on Christmas Eve in separate attacks.

Sebastian Zapeta charged with murder and arson for setting woman on fire on NYC subway. Victim remains unidentified, suspect ...

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 ...

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is charged with two counts of murder and one count of arson. The top charge carries a maximum sentence ...

Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson ...

Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car. After the fire was ...

A man accused of lighting a woman’s clothes on fire aboard a New York City subway was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court ...

Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face ...