Homeless parolee with 13 prior arrests charged in random metal knuckle knife attack on NY subway

A homeless parolee with more than a dozen prior arrests was charged with attempted murder in the unprovoked metal knuckle knife attack on a Bronx straphanger last week, cops said. Lateef Green, 50, was arrested less than 12 hours after he allegedly plunged the blade multiple times into the 21-year-old victim’s arm and stomach on a southbound No.2 train at the 219th Street station in Olinville around 7 a.m.

Friday, police said. The violence unfolded as Green strolled between cars on a southbound No.2 train, according to cops and sources.The unsuspecting victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. He required multiple stitches to treat his wounds, according to a criminal complaint. Green was also charged with assault, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment and ordered held on $300,000 cash bail or $900,000 bond during his Saturday arraignment, prosecutors said. Green – whose most recent address is listed as a homeless shelter about a mile away from the station where the stabbing took place – has 13 prior arrests, cops said. He served just under four years behind bars in connection to a hate-fueled attack that broke another man’s nose in Manhattan back in March of 2016, according to State Corrections records and a criminal complaint. In that broad-daylight incident, Green seethed, “There’s too many f—ts in this town,” before pummeling the victim in the face and kicking him in the head and body on West 124th Street in Harlem, according to the court doc. When cops tried to arrest Green, he refused to put his hands behind his back and flailed his arms around, according to the complaint. He was charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime and resisting arrest. Green was convicted of that violent crime in 2017 and sentenced to between 3 and 6 years in prison, according to the Manhattan DA’s Office. He was locked up at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, NY from ...