Teens Arrested For Slashing Man's Face On UWS Subway, Police Say

Upper West Side NY

18 April, 2022

8:51 AM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Two teenagers were arrested last weekend for slashing a man's face in a subway train on the Upper West Side earlier this month, police said. Romulo Cuenca was attacked while riding an uptown B train near 59th Street about 4:20 p.m. on April 6, after he asked one of the teenagers to stop stepping on his shoes, according to police and a Daily News report. The four teens lunged at Cuenca, punching him in the face and arms and cutting him on the forehead with a boxcutter or razor blade, police said. "I don't really care about the punches," the 48-year-old Bronx father of three told the Daily News. "I would have preferred them to hit me ... when you go cutting, that's another level." The teens left the train at the 110th Street station, while Cuenca continued riding the train and took himself to a hospital in The Bronx, police said. Ellinger Done, 18, and an unidentified 14-year-old boy were arrested and charged with assault on Saturday, police said.