UPPER EAST SIDE — A man accused of darting across two sets of subway tracks to punch and seriously injure a straphanger in a Lexington Avenue station has been arrested, police said.
Joseph Owens, 32, was charged Monday with assault and reckless endangerment for the alleged early morning assault on Dec. 11 at the 77th Street station.
Police said about 4 a.m. that day, Owens, who was on the northbound platform, got into a staredown with an unidentified 31-year-old man on the other side of the tracks. Owens then shot across the No. 6 train tracks and slugged the man in the face.
The victim, who suffered bleeding in the brain, was taken to nearby Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He has since been released.
Police released a photo of a man they believed to be Owens in late December to ask for the public's help in tracking him down.
