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A judge released Eric McCoy without bail after he was charged with slashing a 68-year-old woman at the Sheepshead Bay subway station.
The New York Post reported that McCoy, 70, a retired postal worker, pleaded not guilty at a 1 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court to felony assault with a weapon and three misdemeanors. The NYPD and a criminal complaint say he cut the woman's face at an emergency-exit door of the B and Q station Saturday morning. He is due back in January.
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The release will draw the headlines, but the charge was bail-eligible, and the public record does not yet show what prosecutors asked for. Without that, the hearing reads as a judge choosing release with an order of protection, not as a rule forcing his hand. The facts the Post reported, a knife to the cheek, a taunt, and a cut at an exit door, come from police and the complaint. They have not been tested, and he has pleaded not guilty.
Eric McCoy, 70, a retired postal worker, was released on his own recognizance Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, after he was arraigned on a felony charge of assault with intent to cause harm with a weapon and three misdemeanors, including illegal weapons possession and harassment, the New York Post reported, citing court records. He pleaded not guilty. Judge Christopher Whitehair issued an order of protection for the woman and set a January court date, the Post reported.
According to the NYPD and the criminal complaint, as reported by the Post, the attack happened at about 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at an emergency-exit door of the Sheepshead Bay B and Q station in Brooklyn. Police say McCoy put a knife to the 68-year-old woman's cheek, said, "Do you want more?" and cut her face. The Post reported the top charge carries up to seven years in prison and is eligible for bail. It was not clear what bail, if any, prosecutors requested. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office did not respond to the Post's request for comment Sunday.
The arraignment came hours after a separate, fatal shooting Saturday in the Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street station in Midtown Manhattan, where the shooter had not been caught as of Sunday, the Post reported. Citing the most recent NYPD figures, through Oct. 13, the Post reported that felony assaults in the transit system are up 12% this year, from 470 to 525, and misdemeanor assaults are up 16%, from 1,120 to 1,304, compared with the same period last year. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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