Brooklyn, New York commuters recognize suspect wanted in string of subway crimes

– Police are searching for a man accused of carrying out a string of crimes on Brooklyn subways, including a stabbing that sent a victim to the hospital, and some riders say they immediately recognized him from police photos.

Victims and police response

"I recognize this guy because I had to go downstairs at this station the other night and I told the lady that there was a man flashing his —– at us on the train all the way here," said Shay Walker, a regular rider at the Myrtle Avenue subway station.

When shown pictures of the suspect, Walker didn't hesitate.

Police say the suspect's alleged crime spree escalated from theft to violence over the course of several weeks.

According to investigators, the first incident happened Oct.

18 on a northbound A train at the Rockaway Avenue station, where the suspect allegedly ripped a woman's $600 sunglasses from her face.

Ten days later, police say he stole a man's bag while the victim slept near the Myrtle Avenue station. Then, on Nov.

8, the suspect allegedly targeted a man leaving a train at the Kosciuszko Street station.