D.A. Bragg Announces Sentencing Of Samuel Junker For Unprovoked Chambers Street Subway Shoving

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the sentencing of SAMUEL JUNKER, 43, to 10 years in state prison for shoving a 34-year-old woman, unprovoked, onto the subway tracks at the Chambers Street subway station. JUNKER pleaded guilty in a New York State Supreme Court to one count of Attempted Assault in the First Degree on July 9, 2025.

"Samuel Junker has been held accountable for shoving an innocent woman - a wife and mother - onto the tracks of a Lower Manhattan subway station in a brutal, unprovoked attack," said District Attorney Bragg. "We will continue to treat acts of violence committed throughout our subway system with the seriousness they deserve, and I thank our prosecutors for their hard work."

According to court documents and statements made on the record, and as admitted in the defendant's guilty plea, on August 29, 2023, at approximately 11:00 p.m., JUNKER trailed the woman into the subway station near West Broadway and Chambers Street. He followed her through the turnstile, down the stairs and onto the subway platform. While on the platform, JUNKER came up behind the woman and shoved her onto the tracks. The woman suffered a broken leg, bruising and swelling. JUNKER immediately fled the station.

JUNKER was arrested in Lower Manhattan on August 31, 2023, after an officer recognized him from a wanted flyer. He was wearing the same clothes from the incident.

Assistant D.A. Dylan Los Huertos is handling the prosecution of the case, under the supervision of Assistant D.A. David Hammer (Chief of Trial Bureau 70), and Executive D.A. Lisa DelPizzo (Chief of the Trial Division). Trial Preparation Assistant Alexander Schnur, Hate Crimes Investigative Analysts Zoe Fleishaker and George Nighswander, and Senior Hate Crimes Investigative Analyst Julie Ann Doren are also assisting with this case.

D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, especially Rashad Shomo of the Manhattan Robbery Squad and the responding officers of Transit Division District 2, particularly Officers Joseph Nailes and Jean Bouquet.

Defendant Information:

SAMUEL JUNKER
White Plains, NY

Convicted:

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

Sentenced:

• 10 years in state prison

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