Two people were arrested, including a parolee with a criminal record that includes 131 prior arrests, for setting a homeless man on fire as he slept at Penn Station, police said Wednesday.
Damon Johnson, 47, was arrested Tuesday by officers with the Amtrak Police Department and charged with attempted murder and assault for the attack on Monday that left a 37-year-old man with second-degree burns on his arm and back, according to law enforcement. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court the following day, where he was ordered held without bail.
Just hours before Johnson’s arraignment on Wednesday, Amtrak police nabbed 33-year-old Lyla Najjar, who is charged with assault for the attack, said police…