Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of BRITTAN JONES, 30, for shoving an 85-year-old man onto the subway tracks at the Rockefeller Center station. JONES pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court to one count of Attempted Assault in the First Degree. Under the terms of his plea, he is expected to be sentenced on December 18, 2024, to a promised sentence of 7 years in state prison and 5 years of post-release supervision. JONES pleaded guilty on November 25, 2024. 

“Today, Brittan Jones is facing accountability for shoving an 85-year-old man onto the subway tracks at the Rockefeller Center station,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Every New Yorker deserves to be safe in our subway system, and those who jeopardize their safety will be held accountable.” 

According to court documents and statements made on the record in court, and as admitted in the defendant’s guilty plea, at 5:40 a.m. on November 15, 2023, JONES argued with an 85-year-old man who was sleeping on the bench of the Rockefeller Center southbound platform. The conduct escalated when JONES pushed the victim into the subway tracks before fleeing the scene. 

After a witness called 911, the FDNY, MTA and NYPD responded and removed the victim from the subway track. The victim was treated at Mount Sinai West for injuries including a fracture to his right hip. 

Assistant D.A. Ellina Cunningham (Trial Bureau 30) is handling the prosecution of this case, under the supervision of Assistant D.A. Erin Tierney (Chief of Trial Bureau 30), and Executive Assistant D.A. Lisa DelPizzo (Chief of the Trial Division). 

D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, especially Detective Jesse Jansky of the Manhattan Robbery Squad. 

 

Defendant Information: 

BRITTAN JONES 

York, PA 

Convicted:

• Attempted Assault in the First Degree, a class C felony, one count 

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