As we reported earlier, there was good news that the police arrested Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting attack. That was in part due to the tip of a good citizen named Zack Dahnan, who spotted him in the East Village and called the cops.

Zack’s enthusiasm for catching him is infectious, and he’s become an instant hero to the folks in New York.

Thank you, Zack! You’re a hero with those fast reflexes. #brooklyn #brooklynshooter #nyc #eastvillage pic.twitter.com/Iy60dsJda0

— Samantha Zirkin (@SamanthaZirkin) April 13, 2022

Zack is whisked away in a police car, waving goodbye to his applauding admirers pic.twitter.com/Ie8lNzrj0m

— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) April 13, 2022

There was a reward announced for $50,000 , so if anyone deserves it, it looks like Zack from New Jersey deserves it. In something of an ironic twist, while the MTA cameras failed to pick up James’ escaping after the attack because they failed, Zack is a security camera installer. Maybe they should hire him to work on those cameras.

Meanwhile, it turns out that Frank James had at least 12 prior arrests — at least nine in New York and three in New Jersey — although most of the arrests were old and may not have been felonies. There was a criminal sexual charge included among the offenses — so that might have been a more serious charge.

LATEST: Authorities say Brooklyn shooting suspect had nine prior arrests in New York and three in New Jersey, most dating to the 1990s. https://t.co/ouAON8mlES pic.twitter.com/Nxef6wpFTs

— ABC News (@ABC) April 13, 2022

Here’s a video of him trying to get into the subway, but he had trouble getting through the turnstile with all the gear that he was carrying for the attack, plus he’s a very big man.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the moment suspect Frank James entered the Kings Highway subway station around 6, Tuesday morning. https://t.co/Rus2dnOuLr https://t.co/tWqUT53mbs pic.twitter.com/LtSPORYMkY

— myles miller (@MylesMill) April 13, 2022

So much for the description of 5’5′ and green vest — he’s much taller and the vest was orange. He was a very heavy-set man. That may be why he wasn’t immediately caught — the description was off. He was caught after the pictures of him started to come out.

He’s now been charged by the DOJ with a terrorist attack on mass transit.

FBI officials say Frank James is facing a federal charge for a "terrorist attack on mass transit" in connection with Tuesday's shooting at a Brooklyn subway station pic.twitter.com/xSxKzztEZA

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) April 13, 2022

There had been prior reports that placed him in the FBI’s Guardian lead system in New Mexico. It’s not clear why, and they’re looking at whether he had any connections to any group. But he was questioned in 2019; the lead was not pursued.

We cited an NBC report about a stabbing in our report about James being arrested, but as far as I can tell at this point, there wasn’t any stabbing at the time he was arrested — so I’m not sure what they were referring to. It may be some other event, so I wanted to clarify that. We’ll let you know if we hear anything more on that. But, it seems like he was taken into custody without issue.