Alleged anti-gay bigot behind Manhattan box cutter attack on A train winds up cuffed: NYPD
Police on Tuesday arrested the alleged bigot who slashed a gay man in a Manhattan subway last week during an anti-LGBTQIA+ rant.
According to authorities, 46-year-old Milton Hamlin was tracked down in his home borough of the Bronx by the NYPD Warrant Squad where he was brought back to the 7th Precinct and charged on Tuesday morning.
Hamlin is accused of viciously assaulting a gay man aboard an uptown-bound A train on March 1 at about 11:03 p.m.
Cops say the victim, a 27-year-old man, rode with his boyfriend on was riding the train car with his boyfriend approaching 34 Street-Penn Station when Hamlin got into an argument with him. Law enforcement sources said Hamlin allegedly spurting LGBTQIA+ obscenities.
Things spiraled out of control further, cops said, when Hamlin is said to have brandished a box cutter and began wildly swinging. The victim tried to block the blows with his arms, suffering a deep laceration to his left hand.
Hamlin fled the scene following the attack. The victim, meanwhile, sought treatment for his injuries at Bellevue Hospital.
Detectives marched Hamlin out of the 7th Precinct in cuffs on March 5 where he refused to answer questions for alleged crime, remaining silent as he was placed in the back of an unmarked car.
Hamlin is charged with assault as a hate crime, assault, menacing as a hate crime, and menacing.
