A Metro Atlanta woman is sharing how she was attacked while getting off a MARTA train.
But she says there were missteps in how her case was handled, steps that she says could’ve saved the life of a woman stabbed to death on the Beltline days ago.
“I take one step off the train and in just a split moment I was on the ground,” recalled an attack victim who asked us to keep her identity concealed.
What happened to her as she got off the train at Peachtree Center on MLK Day this year still brings her to tears.
“When he gets on top of me and he just starts punching my face over and over and over,” she remembers.
The woman, who is an attorney, was headed to work. Police bodycam video shows the moments after the attack when the suspect, Jahmare Brown, was arrested as the victim was in an ambulance.
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“My orbital bone was broken in multiple places, and my nose was broken as well,” she said. “When I got the incident report and I saw that it was a misdemeanor, and I knew that was wrong. You break a bone in Georgia it’s a felony.”
Brown was charged with a misdemeanor after the incident report didn’t mention the broken bones. He took a negotiated plea deal that the victim says she was never notified about, and he was sentenced to 12 months probation.
Brown was on probation for the January attack when last week investigators say he attacked a postal worker and then Alyssa Paige on the beltline, stabbing her to death.
“The right information in the hands of the right people would’ve undoubtedly changed something,” said the victim.
Channel 2 asked MARTA about the report in the January attack.
They responded with a statement:
“There is no place for this kind of senseless violence in our community. MARTA Police and our partners work every day to help ensure the safety of everyone who rides and works on the MARTA system, and we remain committed to that responsibility.
MARTA Police arrested Brown on January 19 at Peachtree Center Station in connection with the battery... . Officers responded to the incident and followed established procedures in reporting it."
The victim believes if Brown was charged with a felony in her case, lives could’ve been saved.
“I would say there is accountability to be had,” she said.
In addition, the victim says her phone number was listed incorrectly in the report. And the case was concluded before she even got the suspect’s name.
We reached out to the Solicitor General office who handled the case but have not heard back.
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