Stranger Who Splashed Bleach On Woman In Village Station Arrested

WEST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — A woman who threw bleach into someone's face at the West 14th Street subway station in an unprovoked attack Thursday has been caught, police said.

Cops announced Friday afternoon that they had found and charged 46-year-old Lakeesha Tyler for the violent subway attack, which sent another woman to the hospital with burns to her skin.

The woman had been standing near the near the token booth on the station's 1 train platform when Tyler came up and threw bleach onto her face, police said.

Officers originally didn't know what the liquid Tyler threw was, but confirmed early Friday morning that it was bleach.

The woman was treated for burns and eventually sent to Lenox Hospital, according to FDNY and NYPD spokespeople. She is likely to survive the injuries, police said.

Tyler was charged with second-degree assault for the attack.

The bleach-throwing incident is the second violent attack to hit West Village subway stations in the last week.

Last week, in another unprovoked attack, a man punched a woman's teeth out as she was getting off the train at the Houston Street station.

The attacker in that incident was found a few days later, but was later rearrested after he had been released under the state's new bail reform laws.