A 21-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a woman on the SkyTrain earlier this week.
On June 2 around 3 p.m., a woman boarded a train at Waterfront Station. She quickly noticed a man with blood on one hand and a knife in the other staring at her intently, a release from Transit Police noted.
Despite efforts to distance herself from the man, he continued to follow and stare at her while playing with the knife, the release added.
At Columbia Station in New Westminster, the woman tried to get off the train, but the suspect blocked her. This alerted the other passengers who used the safety alarms to contact police. At Scott Road Station in Surrey, all the passengers, including the woman and the suspect, disembarked.
“The suspect then went downstairs to the bus loop/park and ride area where he attempted to stop a bus leaving the loop but, when unsuccessful, threw a bottle of liquor in the air and tried to leave the area,” the release noted.
Three civilians then chased down the suspect and tackled him. They held him until police arrived.
The suspect, Melvin Estuardo Ascon Carias, is known to police and is currently on probation for two assaults in December 2014. He is now facing more charges for the alleged incident on June 2, including forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and breach of probation.
Carias is now in custody. He was schedule to be in court today, June 5.
