NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The man arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a man at a subway station in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon was arraigned in court on charges for an incident that happened at the end of September.

David Mazariegos, 25, who was apprehended Tuesday in Times Square, had at least 17 prior arrests, sources tell PIX11 News.

A criminal complaint about the arraignment reveals that Mazariegos was charged during an incident on the evening of Sept. 26.

According to the complaint, Officer Claudio Diaz of the Transit Bureau Response Team observed Mazariegos sitting on the sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan with a katana sword with a blade over 20 inches long.

Diaz claims Mazariegos had four credit cards belonging to an individual believed to be the victim of a homicide that h

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