A Harrison resident who shoved a man onto subway tracks in Brooklyn nearly two years ago is heading to state prison for 3 1/2 years, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office announced.
That was the sentence Andrew Pashinin, 20, got on Friday, Oct. 23, from state Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Tomlinson, who also imposed two years of post-release supervision.
According to the District Attorney's Office, on the morning of Dec. 7, 2024, Pashinin was on the southbound D train platform at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays station when he pulled out a knife and approached a 33-year-old man from behind.
He then put the knife away and took out a camera and started recording the man. An argument ensued and the man walked away from Pashinin, who shoved him onto
the tracks. The man suffered bruising but was able to get off the tracks just before a train entered the station.
Pashinin fled the scene but was arrested six weeks later.
He was acquitted of attempted murder but convicted of first-degree attempted assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon following a jury trial two months ago.
He could have been sentenced to as much as 15 years in prison.
In a news release, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez expressed thanks that the victim was not seriously injured.
“It is every New Yorker’s worst fear to be senselessly shoved without warning onto the subway tracks," Gonzalez said. "Today’s sentence holds this defendant accountable for doing just that."
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Prison term for Harrison man who shoved man onto subway tracks in Brooklyn
