NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A Brooklyn man was arraigned on Wednesday on attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing two sleeping men in a homeless shelter and another on the subway in a spree of unprovoked attacks last November, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said.
Abraham Kentish, 27, is charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder, first- and second- degree assault and related charges. He is to return to court on March 7, prosecutors said.
Kentish, formerly of the SUS Shelter in East New York, is accused of going into the room of a 70-year-old client at the shelter and stabbing him 15 times in the torso as he slept, officials said.
The first stabbing occurred at around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 12, and afterward, the defendant allegedly entered the room of another client, 38, and stabbed him twice in the face and once in the elbow as he slept.
Prosecutors said that Kentish then left the shelter, and a security guard, who was informed of the attacks, called 911.
Later that same morning, between 1:55 a.m. and 2:55 a.m., the defendant allegedly got on a 4 train at the New Lots Avenue subway station, approached a sleeping 32-year-old man, and stabbed him once in the neck, officials said.
All three victims were transported to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center for treatment.
Kentish was arrested later that morning by two cops who saw that he matched the stabbing suspect’s description.
“This defendant allegedly engaged in a horrific spree of violence, brutally stabbing three innocent and vulnerable people as they slept. We have no tolerance for this kind of random violence in Brooklyn and will now seek to bring the defendant to justice,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.