The weirdo who allegedly carried a woman into a Queens subway station in a rush-hour horror was arrested – as prosecutors revealed he told the victim he was “pretending to kidnap” her.
Arif Nour, 23, surrendered Monday at the NYPD’s 108th Precinct – two weeks after he allegedly cornered a stranger and hauled her across a commercial Sunnyside Gardens street and into an elevated subway station, authorities said.
Nour, of Brooklyn, was charged with attempted kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment, prosecutors said.
Arif Nour, 23, was busted two weeks after he allegedly cornered a stranger his own age and hauled her into an elevated Queens subway station, authorities said. NYPD The 23-year-old victim was standing on the Manhattan-bound No. 7 train platform at the 46th Street-Bliss Street station around 5:30 p.m. April 20 when Nour approached and chatted her up, according to a criminal complaint.
The victim left the station and crossed the street – to the corner of 47th Street and Queens Boulevard – to get away from her alleged stalker, the court doc said.
But as the victim continued walking along Queens Boulevard, toward 48th Street, Nour approached her again, grabbed her hand and brought her back to the station, prosecutors said.
Nour then picked up the woman, carried her up the stairs, swiped them both through the turnstile and hauled her up another flight to the subway platform, according to the complaint.
At one point, the creep told, the victim, “OK, I will stop pretending to kidnap you now,” according to the criminal complaint. Stephen Yang for NY Post Once on the platform, he put the woman down and said, “OK, I will stop pretending to kidnap you now,” the court doc said.
But when the victim left the station, Nour followed her again, according to prosecutors.
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The creep finally fled when the victim warned him, “I am going to scream for help and call the police,” the complaint said.
Nour was ordered held on $15,000 cash bail or $45,000 bond during his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court.
Nour was previously arrested for criminal trespass in Manhattan in 2022, but that case has since been sealed, according to cops and prosecutors.
