Manhattan man who smeared feces on face of female subway passenger is FINALLY locked up in Rikers Island after 'carrying out ANOTHER violent attack which saw him hurl dumbbell through window of storage facility'

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A New York City career criminal who has been accused of smearing human feces on the face of a subway commuter, only to be released back onto the streets, has finally been locked up after another violent assault. 

Frank Abrokwa, 37, acted belligerently and was seen showing a rude hand gesture as he was led into Manhattan Criminal Court to be arraigned on charges of criminal mischief and harassment. He has now been sent to the notorious Rikers Island jail. 

Abrokwa's latest alleged law-break is said to have tossed a dumbbell through a glass window at a Harlem storage facility on Friday, shattering a window there, after threatening a worker. 

He was accused of violating the conditions of his supervised release related to a previous case - the stomach-churning feces incident in which he was caught on video rubbing his own excrement on a woman at the East 241st Street station in The Bronx on February 21. 

The vile, apparently unprovoked, attack took place came just three days after New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled the Subway Safety Plan to deploy 1,000 cops to secure the crime-plagued transit system. 

During his arraignment on Monday, a judge set Abrokwa's bail at $15,000 and ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, after the barefoot defendant caused a scene in court by yelling at the top of his lungs, hurling profanities and daring the judge to give him bail.

As of Monday afternoon, the 37-year-old remained jailed at the notorious Rikers Island detention complex. He is due back in court on April 11. 

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A defiant Frank Abrokwa, 37, is pictured showing a rude hand gesture as he is led into Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday for violating the conditions of his release 

Abrokwa, a career criminal, is accused of throwing a dumbbell through a window less than a month after allegedly smearing feces on a woman's face 

Finally, a Manhattan judge set Abrokwa's bail at $15,000 and ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation. During his arraignment, the barefoot man yelled and used profanities  

The latest incident involving Abrokwa took place on Friday at the Treasure Island Storage Facility in Manhattan, where he allegedly broke a window after demanding a refund 

According to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the latest charges against Abrokwa are related to an altercation that took place at the Treasure Island Storage Facility on West 145h Street, where the suspect arrived at 6.30pm.

Abrokwa was described as being 'upset' and proceeded to yell at the general manager of the business as he was assisting another customer.

Abrokwa later walked away, and the manager spotted him carrying a dumbbell. 

'[The manager] then went to find the defendant to assist him and while walking towards the defendant he observed a window that had been shattered,' according to a complaint.

While the manager was cleaning up the broken glass, he said Abrokwa came up to him, saying: 'I want my refund. I'm leaving Monday that is why I broke the glass.' 

On February 21, Abrokwa was caught on video attacking a woman without any provocation at the East 241th Street station in The Bronx 

Abrokwa smeared human faces on the commuter's face and back, as seen in the video

Abrokwa, whose record includes more than 44 arrests, was arraigned on charges stemming from the feces attack on March 1 (pictured), but a judge released him 

Abrokwa then left, but he returned to the storage facility the following day and was quoted as telling another employee: 'If I don't get my refund by Monday, I'm gonna come back here and catch a felony.'

Abrokwa was previously arraigned on March 1 on charges of forcible touching, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment stemming from the feces attack, but a judge released him without bail, saying that she did not have a reason to hold him because she didn't have depositions to review in his other arrests. 

Abrokwa was immediately arrested for allegedly spitting on a Jewish man back in September 

'S**t happens. Haha,' Abrokwa said after his arrest in the feces-smearing case, according to a criminal complaint. 'This is a s***ty situation. Haha.' 

After being released without bail, Abrokwa was immediately taken into custody for allegedly threatening to murder a Jewish man in Brooklyn last September. 

Menachem Minkowitz, 46, told the New York Daily News that he was leaving a deli in Crown Heights, minding his own business, when Abrokwa appeared out of nowhere and targeted him because of his Jewish garb.

'Everything happened so quick,' he said. 'A person comes up and spits on me. I said, 'What the f**k is wrong with you?' And he said, 'F**king Jew.'

Police said Abrokwa yelled at the man, 'I'm going to kill you!' before taking a swing at him.

'I saw the evil in his eyes,' Minkowitz added. 'I love people, but I saw the evil in his eyes. It was bad.'

Abrokwa was arraigned in that case on March 2 on counts of aggravated harassment, menacing in third degree as a hate crime, menacing in the third degree and disorderly conduct, and was then released under supervision. 

Abrokwa, seen here in a photo released by the NYPD in September, allegedly spat on and made anti-Jewish comments to a 46-year-old Jewish man in the Crown Heights

The 37-year-old's vast criminal record also includes a January 7 arrest for allegedly punching a 30-year-old man on a subway platform at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, followed by a February 5 arrest for allegedly hitting a 53-year-old man at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

But each time, thanks to New York's lax new bail reform laws, the career criminal did not have to post bail and was freed to continue roaming city streets.

In mid-February, Abrokwa was arrested for allegedly threatening a hardware store employee with a screwdriver during a robbery, but like his previous run-ins with the law, it ended with the suspect being turned loose. 

A week later, on February 21, Abrokwa was seen on surveillance video walking along the platform at the East 241th Street when he lunged at a woman sitting on a bench and smeared his feces on her face after she ignored his attempts to talk to her. 

When the woman leans forward, he walks behind her and presses a plastic bag containing his waste against the back of her head and her back. 

New York City has been in the throes of a massive crime wave, with the rates of shootings, robberies, rapes and assaults all registering dramatic increases. 

There have been 504 subway crimes reported this year as of March 20, compared to 288 during the same period in 2021, representing a 75 percent increase, according to New York Police Department (NYPD) statistics released on Monday.