Inmates Charged with Gang Beating on Rikers

MTA employee Anthony Nelson suffered a broken collarbone as well as other injuries during an attack at Pelham Bay Station. His accused attacker has been deemed unfit to stand trial.

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

February 10, 2023

BRONX - The man accused of viciously beating an MTA employee who came to the aid of a woman has been deemed unfit to stand trial. 

Anthony Nelson suffered a broken collarbone, dislocated nose and other injuries when he tried to stop a man harassing a riders at Pelham Bay Station. 

Prosecutors charged Alexander Wright, 49, with attacking Nelson. However, a judge has now ruled that Wrights is unfit to stand trial.

Accused subway attacker Alexander Wright has been deemed unfit to stand trial.

“Two court-appointed doctors examined the defendant and found him unfit to proceed to trial,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said. “Justice Morales remanded the defendant to a psychiatric facility until he is deemed fit to stand trial.”

Inmates Charged with Gang Beating on Rikers 

According to the investigation, at approximately 8:40 a.m. on August 11, 2022, the victim, Nelson, a NYC Transit Authority Station Cleaner, went to check a report of a man harassing people on the lower level of the Pelham Bay Park train station. 

The defendant allegedly approached Nelson, punching him in the face, then allegedly grabbed him and slammed him to the ground. 

The victim suffered a dislocated nose, broken collarbone, and other injuries, and required two surgeries to fix the collar bone.