The alleged subway vigilante in New York City accused of firing a warning shot and scaring off a would-be mugger has bailed out of jail and returned home.
EXCLUSIVE: ASTORIA, N.Y. – An alleged subway vigilante in New York City accused of firing a warning shot on a Manhattan platform and scaring off a would-be mugger, has posted bail and returned home. John Rote arrived at his Queens home around 10 a.m. Friday. The 43-year-old is originally from West Virginia, according to prosecutors, who charged him with criminal possession of a weapon, a class C felony, and misdemeanor menacing this week in connection to the incident.
They also noted his out-of-state ties to his West Virginia hometown. The judge set bond at $10,000, and Rote was released Friday morning. He told journalists he could not comment and went for coffee nearby. According to the criminal complaint, police obtained surveillance video showing Rote arguing with an unnamed man – believed to be the suspected mugger Roesch – before he pulled a silver handgun out of his backpack and fired at him on the 49th Street NRW subway platform.
Last month, police arrested Sabir Jones, 39, after he allegedly pushed a 30-year-old woman into the side of a departing train at the nearby 53rd Street and 5th Avenue subway station. She suffered life-threatening injuries. He is a repeat offender known to police as suffering from mental health issues.
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