10 years for B’klyn man in hate stab
A Brooklyn hothead was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to stabbing a Black woman in the back and clocking an off-duty NYPD officer walking his dog, authorities said.
Aleksejs Saveljevs, 34, ran up behind Ann Marie Washington, who had just gotten off a Q train at Church Ave. on Nov. 9, 2018 and hit her repeatedly in the back and shoulders.
When a good Samaritan tried to stop Saveljevs (inset), he responded, “You f—king Black b—-hes,” according to prosecutors. Saveljevs also called Washington a “Black b—-h,” before stabbing her, according to cops.
Washington went up the subway stairs and spat up blood. She reported the assault to police and went home.
Later that night she began to vomit up blood and called 911. Washington had not realized she was stabbed in the back during the assault and was taken to Kings County Hospital, where she required surgery for a collapsed lung. She remained hospitalized for a week.
When she got home, Washington discovered a screwdriver in her bag that did not belong to her. The attacker’s DNA was on the tool, and months later it turned up a match to Saveljevs’ DNA, according to authorities.
Investigators didn’t have to look far for Saveljevs, who was already on Rikers Island over allegations he randomly attacked an off-duty NYPD officer walking his dog in November and days later punched a fellow psych ward patient at Coney Island Hospital.
The assault on off-duty NYPD cop Steven Stoyan happened a day before the subway attack, while the officer was walking his dog in Sheepshead Bay.
“I am going to f—- you up,” he told the cop before breaking the man’s cheek, according to prosecutors.
Judge Danny Chun sentenced him to 10 years Wednesday after Saveljevs pleaded guilty to attempted assault as a hate crime for the attack on Washington and attempted assault for the cop attack.