Man Seen on Video Beating Israeli Tourists Arrested

Boro Park – The man caught on video earlier this month savagely beating two female Israeli tourists on a Midwood train platform before robbing one of them was arrested on Monday and charged with robbery.

Judah Sinclair, 19, a resident of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was seen shortly after midnight on Dec. 5 on video distributed by police beating the two women, one 20 and the other 21, were going down the stairs at the “F” train station on Avenue I and McDonald.

He was brandishing a knife and threatening his victims with a taser. A female accomplice pulled the hair of one of the victims while the other handed over her iPhone and pocketbook containing cash and credit cards.

The two victims, both of whom had served in the Israeli military, were transported to Maimonides Medical Center, where they were treated for cuts and bruises sustained during the struggle. They left back to Israel the following day.