Man Arrested After Woman Was Pushed into Moving Subway Train in New York City

Suspect Sabir Jones, wanted in a New York City subway shoving incident, was detained in Newark, New Jersey

A suspect previously wanted after being accused of pushing a woman off a New York City subway platform was arrested Thursday in New Jersey, said authorities.

In a statement shared with PEOPLE via Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé, police were notified Thursday around 12:19 p.m. local time that Sabir Jones, 39, a suspect in the shoving incident and wanted by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), was at the location of McCarter Highway and Raymond Boulevard in Newark. That is in the vicinity of Newark Penn Station.

“He was detained by Newark Police,” read the statement. “Jones was transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service.” No additional information was offered.

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On Wednesday, a 30-year-old woman was pushed into a moving E southbound subway train at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station platform around 12 p.m. before heading either to or from her job, an NYPD spokesperson told PEOPLE.

Michael Kemper, NYPD's chief of transit, said at a Wednesday news conference that the unidentified woman was in critical condition at Cornell Medical Center.

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"As the train was pulling out of the station,” said Kemper, “she was pushed, causing her head to strike the moving train. The train departed the station, and then she fell onto the roadbed, onto the tracks. Fortunately, there were eyewitnesses, and good Samaritans that were on that platform that helped her up back off the roadbed onto the platform.”

Authorities named Jones as a suspect, adding that he fled the scene on foot and left the subway station at the turnstiles by West 53rd Street and 5th Avenue.

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At Wednesday's press conference, Kemper did not share information about Jones’ “priors,” but said he is "known to us in the subway system.”

Wednesday’s subway pushing incident has unnerved commuters, with Carress Brown telling CBS New York: "It's scary. Every time I hear something like that happens, it just makes me think about it twice.”

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"Definitely invokes anxiety, so it's not something that makes you comfortable," Yoonsuk Han told the same outlet. "Just one of those things where you just have to be extra cautious."

The NYPD told PEOPLE Friday morning that there have been no new updates surrounding Jones' arrest.

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