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Cops bust suspect in random hammer attack while investigating him for another crime 

 

By Amanda Woods

 

New York Post

August 23, 2021

 

 

Jamar Newton was arrested a day after cops say he hammered a stranger at the Union Square subway station

 

Cops busted the maniac who allegedly bashed a straphanger over the head with a hammer over the weekend — causing the bleeding victim to fall onto the subway tracks.

Jamar Newton, 41, of Brooklyn, was arrested late Sunday — a day after cops say he attacked the 44-year-old stranger at the Union Square station, accusing him of looking at him the wrong way. 

“Don’t look at me!” Newton barked at the victim, who was waiting on the N/R line platform around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to police.

“If you come any closer, I’m going to hit you!” he allegedly snarled.

As the victim walked away, the attacker went to a nearby bench and pulled a hammer out of a bag, police said. 

He struck the victim in the back of the head with the hammer — causing him to fall onto the train tracks. 

The victim was ultimately pulled to safety by good Samaritans — but was taken to Bellevue, where he needed seven stitches to close his head wound, police said.

Newton was charged with assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said. 

He was previously busted for a chain-snatching in Harlem, and as he was being processed, police connected him with the hammer attack, cops said.