Bronx Man Who Attacked M.T.A Police Officer Convicted at Trial Monday

December 17, 2025

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced today that a Bronx man who attacked a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Police Department officer in 2024 was convicted of felony assault on Monday.

John Sicotakis, 46, was convicted by a Westchester County jury of Assault in the Second Degree, a class D felony, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

Judge Maurice D. Williams remanded the defendant to the Westchester County Jail pending a sentencing hearing, which was scheduled for Jan. 23.

During the pendency of this trial, Sicotakis was re-arrested as part of an unrelated domestic incident and charged with Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned Friday in the Croton-on-Hudson Village Court.

DA Cacace said: “Every day, our officers put their safety on the line to ensure the smooth functioning of the public transit system. My administration will never tolerate conduct that causes harm to our law enforcement partners. I offer my thanks to the jury for seeing this case for what it was: a brazen, unprovoked assault on a public servant.”

MTA Police Chief Thomas Taffe said: “We want to thank the Westchester District Attorney and all those who secured this conviction. Each and every day, MTA police officers are patrolling the entire transit system, including the Metro-North Railroad, making sure both customers and MTA employees are safe. I’m thankful the officer injured in this case is recovering; we need to make sure those who keep us all safe are protected.”

On Sept. 28, 2024, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Sicotakis was found asleep, alone on the platform of the Croton-Harmon Metro-North station by an MTA PD officer. This officer proceeded to perform a welfare check to ensure Sicotakis’ wellbeing. Sicotakis became irate and threw personal items from his backpack onto the platform.

As the officer began to write Sicotakis a littering ticket, he grabbed the officer’s wrist. Sicotakis was then placed under arrest, at which point he started throwing kicks and punches at the officer, attempted to bite the officer, told the officer that the officer was dead and said he was going to kill the officer.

Assisting officers from the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department arrived on scene and helped effectuate the arrest. The MTA PD officer sustained tears to his right wrist and both knees and was required to undergo surgery and long-term physical therapy.

The investigation was conducted by the MTA Police Department and the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Kukowski and Bureau Chief Joseph Servino, of the Felony General Crimes Bureau.

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