An 18-year-old menace was arrested Tuesday for slashing a teen girl in the face inside a Bronx train station last month after she “had some issues” with his brother on social media, according to cops and a criminal complaint.
Antonio Romero allegedly attacked the 17-year-old girl after spotting her inside the 149 Street-Grand Concourse station around 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 17, authorities said.
He later told cops he “sliced her in the face” because she and his brother had beef on Instagram, the complaint alleges.
“I approached her, she had her hand in her pocket so I got nervous and took out my knife from my pocket I keep for protection and sliced her in the face,” he allegedly confessed, according to the complaint.
Medics took the teen victim to Harlem Hospital, where she received multiple stitches on her left cheekbone down to her mouth, according to the court papers.
Police released surveillance footage of her alleged assailant strolling through a subway emergency exit last month.
When cops showed Romero the image, he allegedly said: “Yeah, that’s me in the photo.”
He was charged with assault, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.
Police said it was his first arrest.
A Bronx judge set bail at $20,000 cash and $65,000 bond. His next court date is set for Jan. 24.
The terrifying attack came during a violent month in the Big Apple transit system — where a homeless woman was allegedly torched by a migrant on a Coney Island F train and a straphanger miraculously survived after getting randomly shoved into an oncoming train in Chelsea.
The underground mayhem led Gov. Kathy Hochul to flood hundreds of cops on trains and platforms overnight.
