NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police arrested a man accused of threatening to kill women before stealing their MetroCards in MTA subway stations, the NYPD announced this weekend.
David Gooden, 46, of Brooklyn, was cuffed after allegedly robbing three women earlier this month at stations in Manhattan’s Financial District.
In each incident, Gooden allegedly grabbed the women on subway station mezzanines and demanded their MetroCards as he informed them they were under the threat of being killed, police said.
Gooden allegedly struck first on Wednesday, Nov. 4, around 10:15 a.m. at the Whitehall St station of the N/R trains. Police released surveillance video allegedly showing Gooden grabbing the woman as she approached the station turnstile.
Gooden allegedly returned to the station the next day to threaten a woman around 6:32 a.m., according to police.
Just a few minutes later, Gooden victimized a third woman at the nearby Rector St station of the 1 train, police said.
The victims were ages 32, 39, and 78, according to police.
Gooden faces three counts of robbery charges, police said.
