Four members of the “Green Goblin” gang who brutally attacked two 19-year-old women on a Manhattan train have 15 arrests between them, authorities said Friday as they identified the suspects.
Emily Soto, 34, and Mairam Cisse Issouf, Ciante Alston and Dariana Peguero — all 26 — were among the group of suspects who wore full-body neon green leotards while punching and tossing around two 19-year-old women on a Times Square subway train around 2 a.m. Sunday, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters.
Police identified four of the suspects as Emily Soto, 34, and Mairam Cisse Issouf, Ciante Alston and Dariana Peguero, all 26. Craig McCarthyAll four identified suspects live in NYCHA’s Queensboro Houses, according to Essig.
Peguero has the most extensive criminal history with nine prior arrests, followed by Alston, who has been cuffed three times, Soto, arrested twice, and Issouf, who has been busted once before, the chief said.
The caught-on-video attack “originally stemmed from an apparent bump on the platform and spilled into the subway car,” Essig said.
The suspects wore full-body neon green leotards during the attack. YouTube/SuperFriendsNYCThe victims were robbed of a cellphone and handbag, cops said.
The bizarrely dressed crew fled after the assault. The other suspects have not yet been identified.
The mother of one of the victims told The Post on Monday that her daughter “said she was attacked by aliens, and I didn’t know what she was talking about.
“Yesterday was her birthday,” said the distraught mom, who asked that she and the victims remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation. “This is how she spent her 19th birthday. I hope they get what they deserve and then some because it’s disgusting.”
The mother of one of the victims called the attack by the bizarrely dressed suspects “disgusting.” Reddit / RoBoyJonesThe fuming mom suggested that the state’s lax bail reform laws, which have been blasted for creating a revolving-door justice system, jeopardize law-abiding citizens’ safety.
She accused Gov. Kathy Hochul and state pols of “making these ridiculous laws and letting savages walk the streets with nothing but a slap on the wrist.
“Watch the videos of these two girls getting beaten by a gang of grown women, and imagine it was your daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother or friend. Put yourself in that situation,” she said.
“Animals belong behind bars,” she fumed. “Make an example of them.
“What happened to the New York City we all loved? Start fixing it now!”
