Crime & Safety
E-Cig Smoker Punches Woman On C Train For Complaining, Police Say
Krystal Feldsherov has been charged with assault for attacking a woman who complained about her e-cigarette on the C train, said police.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A woman smoking an electronic cigarette punched a fellow C train passenger last week who complained about the nicotine-laced vapors, according to police.
Krystal Feldsherov, 23, was puffing on her e-cig on a northbound C train near the High Street station Thursday around 1:15 p.m. when another straphanger demanded she stop, said police.
The two women argued until Feldsherov lashed out and struck her fellow passenger in the face, said police.
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The victim was taken to NYU Langone hospital where she was treated for a cut and bloodied lip, police said.
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle witnessed Feldsherov, of East New York, being escorted out of the station by police. She was lated charged with assault, said police.
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