Top police brass applauded on Tuesday a group of heroic transit cops who apprehended two ManhattanFive officers from Transit District 4 collared Kemal Rideout, 28, on Tuesday morning just after 9 a.m., ending a nearly 48-hour search for the man allegedly responsible for slashing three women on June 18.
Chief of Transit Michael Kemper Heralded Sergeant Clyde Jasmin, Captain William Haut, Police Officer Jasmine Roman, Police Officer Bonlei Wong, and Police Officer Ivan Nunez as heros. Armed with a photo of White, the squad apparently nabbed the murder suspect hopping the turnstile at the Union Square Station.“Officers were literally working around the clock to find this male to end his threat and to provide justice to the victims.
The slashings began at around 4:20 p.m. at the East 86th Street subway station, near Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side. when Rideout allegedly jumped the turnstile before approaching a 48-year-old woman and a 19-year-old woman from behind and deeply lacerating their right legs.