The raggedy slasher accused of knifing a 48-year-old man in a Hell’s Kitchen subway was hit with 12 years in state prison, as prosecutors revealed chilling new details of the attack.
Orsen Reyes, 23, sat before Judge Althea Drysdale in Manhattan Supreme Court looking unkempt while wearing a white bandana under his knotted hair as he heard the sentence for his December 2024 attack.
Before the sentence was handed down, Manhattan Prosecutors revealed Reyes “repeatedly” stomped on his victim’s head and pulled his legs toward the train tracks during the incident.
Reyes, a Washington Heights native, knifed the unnamed victim on the northbound C platform in the Manhattan station before he allegedly quietly snuck off, the NYPD said.
The slasher made it to the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station, where he was collared by police, according to photos.
Reyes was arrested with blood covering his sneakers and hands, photos revealed.
A jury unanimously found the first-time offender guilty on all charges, including his top charge, attempted murder.
He was held until his sentencing.
At the sentencing, Judge Drysdale asked Reyes if he wanted to adjourn it so he could talk to the Department of Probation.
“I don’t know,” Reyes said before eventually declining, “It doesn’t matter.”
Reyes’ victim was brought to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition after the attack, police said.
The victim is undocumented, and prosecutors noted his refusal to speak to them in court.
“Their fear of participating was real,” a prosecutor said.
The frightening slashing came not too long after a 52-year-old man was knifed on the arm inside the Myrtle-Wyckoff L train station at the border of Brooklyn and Queens, according to cops.
Reyes will be on probation for five years after he is released from state prison.
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