(Washington Insider Magazine) Andre Boyce was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court for allegedly pushing a homeless man onto the train tracks during a fight.
An ex-inmate was held without bail on manslaughter charges Saturday in the death of a homeless person on the Upper West Side after being pushed onto the Manhattan subway tracks.
28-Year-Old Andre Boyce
Identified as 28-year-old Andre Boyce, he was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court for allegedly pushing a 34-year-old man onto the train tracks at the 96th Street subway station during an altercation.
The man, who fell around 2:00 a.m. Friday, cracked his head and later died from his injuries, authorities said.
Boyce apparently attempted to flee after the fact and was only arrested because law enforcement officials were already on the scene, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Gow Mosby said.
The Queens subject “has prior convictions for attempted first degree robbery, attempted second degree robbery and third degree robbery, making him a mandatory persistent violent offender,” Mosby told Judge Diane Kiesel.
“As such, he faces a minimum of 20 to life in prison for the matter in which he violently pushed a subway passenger onto the tracks, killing him.”
The suspect “has every incentive to run and no incentive to go back to court,” the prosecutor alleged while asking the court to send Boyce to jail without bail, the New York Post reported.
The suspect’s attorney, Amanda Barfield, disagreed and asked the judge to set bail, arguing that he has had a clean record since he was paroled in March 2022.
“Defendant has three prior felony convictions, two of them violent, at least one failure to appear, multiple arrests, people are taking their crimes very, very seriously,” Judge Kiesel emphasized. “I don’t see any bail amount that will ensure the return of his client unless he is returned.”
Boyce would have been released from prison in March last year after spending seven years in the Sing Sing Correctional Center for attempted robbery.
Department of Corrections records showed he was on post-release supervision until May 2026.
Boyce was reportedly put behind bars in 2012 for attempted robbery before being released on probation.
This article is authored by Marlyn Montilla.
