Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appeared in court on Dec. 24.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

A man faces charges of murder and arson after a woman was set on fire in the New York subway, ultimately succumbing to her ...

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 ...