Man accused of fatally burning woman on NYC subway indicted for murder and arson, Brooklyn DA says
A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire a New York City subway train, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday. Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta,
Man indicted in burning death of sleeping woman on Brooklyn subway, prosecutors say
Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt.
Suspect in fatal New York subway burning indicted on charges of murder and arson
The man accused of setting fire to a woman who was asleep on a New York City subway has been indicted on charges of murder in the first and second degree and arson, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Suspect in NYC subway killing indicted on murder and arson charges
The man accused of lighting a woman on fire in a New York City subway car has been indicted on murder and arson charges.
Suspect in burning of homeless woman on subway train charged with first-degree murder, prosecutors say
Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of torching a homeless woman on a Brooklyn subway was indicted on first-degree murder charges Friday, officials said. A grand jury voted for the upgraded charges,
Man accused of setting woman on fire in NYC subway faces multiple counts of murder
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez says officials are still looking into surveillance footage in order to identify the woman who burned to death.
Man indicted for Brooklyn subway fire that killed woman
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, has been indicted on murder and arson charges after allegedly setting a woman on fire aboard a subway train in Brooklyn. The horrifying attack, described by NYPD officials as “depraved,” occurred at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station.
Guatemalan migrant accused of torching sleeping woman on NYC subway indicted on murder and arson charges
The man accused of torching a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train was officially indicted in court for murder and arson on Friday morning.
Man accused of fatally setting woman on fire in NYC subway indicted on murder and arson charges
The man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire in the New York City subway was indicted Friday on four counts of murder and one count of arson, prosecutors announced.
Man accused of burning woman on subway indicted for murder, arson
A grand jury indicted Sebastian Zapeta, the man accused of setting a woman on fire on the subway, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez announced.
Man accused of fatally burning woman on subway is indicted in 'malicious' case: DA
The Brooklyn district attorney said he's confident in the first-degree murder case against a man accused of setting a woman on fire as she slept on the subway.
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 ...
She was set on fire and no one knows her name. How homelessness, crime and a broken immigration system met in a subway car
It’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet ...
Weekend violence — including a sleeping woman burned to death on Brooklyn train — propels NYC subway murder tally to 25-year high: cops
A rash of killings on the NYC subway system this year — which stands at 10 murders as 2024 draws to a close — matches a ...