Sebastian Zapeta has been indicted on murder and arson charges for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train at Brooklyn's Coney Island station. Authorities are working to identify the victim.
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court, Tuesday, December 24.A man accused of burning a woman to death inside a subway station has been indicted on murder and arson charges.Indictments are often a first step in the criminal process in New York, as all felony cases require a grand jury indictment to proceed to trial, unless a defendant waives that requirement.
During questioning by police, prosecutors say he claimed not to know what had happened, noting that he consumed alcohol, but identified himself in photos and surveillance video showing the fire being lit.Such filings are often a first step in the criminal process because, in New York, all felony cases require a grand jury indictment to proceed to trial unless a defendant waives that requirement.
Federal immigration officials said he was deported in 2018 but returned to the US illegally sometime after that. But homicides were up, with nine killings through November versus five during the same time frame last year.
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