A New York court sentenced 44-year-old Felix Rojas to five years in prison and 15 years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the body of Jorge Gonzalez, who died aboard a Manhattan subway train in April 2025.
A Manhattan court has sentenced 44-year-old Felix Rojas to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the body of a man who died aboard a New York City subway train.
According to Tribune, Rojas was sentenced on Wednesday for offences connected to the abuse of Jorge Gonzalez, 37, who lost consciousness and died on an R train in April 2025. Investigators said surveillance footage showed Rojas approaching Gonzalez after realising he was unresponsive, and that he went through the victim’s pockets during the incident.
Authorities said Rojas, a Brooklyn resident, turned himself in to police about three weeks after the incident, after recognising himself in surveillance images released by investigators. He reportedly denied the allegations when first questioned. The court has ordered him to remain under supervised release for 15 years once his prison term ends.
Immigration officials identified Rojas as a Mexican national who had made several previous unlawful attempts to enter the United States.
Gonzalez had lived in the US for almost two decades, working construction, restaurant and service jobs to support family members back in Mexico. Speaking after the sentencing, his relatives described him as a devoted father and a hardworking man.
The case drew significant attention across the US, both for the disturbing nature of the offence and the broader questions it raised about security and oversight on New York City’s transit system.
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