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DUBLIN — The man accused of recent violent attacks on BART train passengers in the Bay Area appeared in court Wednesday for the first time.

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Map: Which BART stations have the worst crime? Mario Christopher Washington, 42, of Berkeley, sporting a beard and shaved head, came out in pale yellow jail clothes, and answered the judge “yes” when asked if that was his true name. He did not enter a plea Wednesday at the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.

Washington was charged with three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor battery on a transit passenger. He has prior felony convictions of voluntary manslaughter, felony grand theft and second-degree commercial burglary, according to court documents.

Officers arrested Washington on Monday just hours after the transit agency released images of the man caught on video in the attacks, according to BART. Train surveillance cameras captured the video of the attacks.

Someone recognized Washington at 9th and Broadway in Oakland from a flyer made public from those videos, and alerted BART police. On Aug. 3, Washington is alleged to have hit someone with bolt cutters causing major injuries on a BART train in San Leandro, according to court documents and police. Medics treated the man for a cut to his head.

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Two days later on Saturday around 7:30 p.m., Washington is alleged to have punched someone twice in the face. Police said both attacks were unprovoked.

A witness reported that on Friday, Washington charged at a group that included small children, with bolt cutters, documents state. The man stood in front of the group to prevent them any harm and the suspect left.

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It was the same witness who recognized Washington again on Monday and reported him to police.

Washington allegedly admitted his involvement in the attacks.