A 37-year-old Ghanaian identified as Frank Abrokwa has been arrested by the New York police for allegedly smearing human excreta on the face of a woman on the platform of the E 241 St subway station in the Bronx, USA.
In the CCTV footage circulating on social media, Abrokwah approached a woman who was sitting alone on a bench and tried talking to her.
She showed no interest in his advances which appeared to have angered him.
He reportedly walked into a subway car and defecated into a black bag.
Abrokwah then walked up to the woman and smashed the content in his 43-year-old victim’s face.
He was arrested by police on February 28, 2022, and has been charged with forcible touching, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment.
Abrokwa who is said to have been arrested more than 20 times since 1999, was put before the Bronx Criminal Court late Tuesday.
According to Assistant District Attorney Grace Phillips, the suspect before the attack, hit on the victim, asking her, ‘Hey, mami, hey, mami, why don’t you talk to me?’
The police say Abrokwa whose advances was refused by the woman walked into a subway car and defecated into a black bag.
He later came out to smear the faeces on the face of the victim as captured by the CCTV.
He was granted bail by the court but was immediately arrested by Brooklyn detectives who took him into custody as a suspect in a hate crime.
ABC News correspondent, CeFaan Kim, who broke the news tweeted:
”NYPD says this man struck a 43-year-old woman in the face with human feces. No apparent motive. Speaking in Spanish, the victim says he spread it all over her face and into her hair. Happened last Monday around 5:15pm on platform of the E 241 St subway station in the Bronx”
He later wrote: ”UPDATE: 37YO Frank Abrokwa has been arrested and charged with Forcible Touching, Menacing, Disorderly Conduct and Harassment. He has 44 priors. Most recently on 2/22/22 tried to steal screwdrivers and pepper spray from hardware store.”
Watch the video below:
Ghanaian Arrested In New York For Smearing Poo on Woman’s Face
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