A man was arrested on Friday after allegedly pushing a 64-year-old painter onto the subway tracks in Queens, leaving the victim covered in blood.
Terrell Jarrett, 37, is facing charges of attempted murder, assault, and reckless endangerment for reportedly pushing Orlando Cabrera onto the tracks at the Parsons Boulevard “F” train station on May 31, according to the police.
Cabrera was at the Parsons Boulevard station around 5:30 a.m., waiting for a southbound F train to go to work when Jarrett allegedly approached him, saying “Get out!” before pushing him.
“This big guy had snuck up behind me and took me by surprise,” Cabrera said in a Spanish-language interview with The Post shortly after the incident.
The incident left Cabrera with cuts on his arms and head.
“I was bathed in my own blood after what happened. Thank God two officers were on the train to help me and get the ambulance,” he recounted.
Jarrett has been previously arrested six times for criminal trespassing and possession of a controlled substance over the past two years.
He was apprehended at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Jamaica, a location he often visits, according to police sources.
In his most recent arrest in January, officers found him at the Broadway Junction station in Brooklyn with a crack pipe.
Cabrera expressed his distress after the attack, saying it left him a “nervous wreck” and he couldn’t fathom “going after someone without a reason, without a motive.”
