Overview
- Rosalind Pichardo was charged on July 23 with two counts of aggravated assault and several related offenses for an attack prosecutors say happened on a Market–Frankford Line train.
- Investigators say the dispute began on the 15th Street station platform and continued aboard an eastbound train near 8th and Market, with prosecutors alleging Pichardo used a box cutter.
- The victim suffered deep lacerations to her face and chest that required surgery and more than 70 stitches and was reported in critical condition.
- SEPTA transit police initially detained Pichardo the night of the incident and she was released the same evening before later posting 10% of a $25,000 bail to leave custody.
- Pichardo runs Operation Save Our City and Sunshine House, groups that recently received city and district attorney microgrants, raising questions about oversight as the AG prosecutes the case.