Man accused of killing woman in New York subway fire pleads not guilty

The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and arson at a court hearing on Tuesday. A grand jury has indicted Sebastian Zapeta, 33, of one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in the first degree for the killing of Debrina Kawam, 57. Crime remains relatively rare on the city's subway, one of the oldest and largest transit systems in the world, but the New York Police Department acknowledged this week that attacks like Kawam's violent killing can terrify New Yorkers.