The man charged with a Brooklyn-to-Manhattan murder spree that started with the slaying of his mother’s boyfriend and ended with a brutal stabbing aboard a subway train pleaded guilty today to four murder counts and other charges. Maksim Gelman, 24, had originally pleaded not guilty to the four counts and a raft of other charges in the 13-count indictment.

Gelman’s lawyer Edward Friedman said his client wished to plead guilty in Brooklyn this time.

“He’s pleading guilty without a promise,” Friedman said, noting that there was no deal struck between the defense and DA’s office.

Gelman said “yes” numerous times as the judge went through each count and asked him if he wanted to plead guilty.

Gelman could be sentenced to 100 years on the four murder charges alone.

“Mr. Gelman is anxious to begin his sentence in an upstate facility,” Friedman said.

Prosecutor Kenneth Taub added, “I’m certainly not going to stand in the way of someone who wants to plead guilty.”

Gelman is set to be sentenced Jan. 11. He still needs to appear before another judge so prosecutors can decide what to do with Gelman’s alleged Manhattan crimes.

“It is quite likely, almost guaranteed, that any sentence I give means you’d never be released from a penal institution while you are alive,” said Judge Vincent DelGiudice.

Gelman went on a 28-hour rampage that included stabbing his mother’s boyfriend to death and stealing his car, mowing down and killing a pedestrian with that auto and stabbing to death a woman he was stalking — Yelena Bulchenko — and her mother.

He also stabbed another man in a carjacking and, finally, a third man on the subway on Feb. 12 in Manhattan, which led to his arrest.

The following is a timeline of Maskim Gelman’s killing spree which left 4 people dead, and 4 others injured. The info is via the NY Post, and the Daily News:

Friday, February 11

5:10 a.m.
When police arrive at an East 27th Street and Emmons Avenue condo, Aleksandr Kuznetov, 54, is found dead. Police begin the hunt for his stepson, Maksim Gelman, who fled in a silver Lexus.

8:12 a.m.
Police believe Gelman struck a crossing guard at Ocean Avenue and Avenue S. The 41-year-old guard suffered a broken leg.

4:30 p.m.
After several quiet hours on the lam, Gelman resurfaces. Police respond to a 911 call to East 24th Street and Avenue Y. There they find his ex-girlfriend, Yelena Bulchenko, 20, dead – alongside her mother Anna. Gelman stabbed Anna more than a dozen times while Yelena attempted to escape. Gelman caught Yelena outside, and stabbed her multiple times as well.

4:40 p.m.
After fleeing the scene of his girlfriend’s murder in his silver Lexus, Gelman drove north to Avenue U. There he attacked a passing motorist, stabbing 60-year-old Art DiCrescento before stealing his Pontiac Bonneville. DiCrescento is in critical condition.

4:45 p.m.
Gelman plowed into a 62-year-old man at Avenue R and Ocean Avenue, just one block away from where he struck a crossing guard earlier in the day. Unlike that victim, the 62-year-old man later died.

7:30 p.m.
Police receive a call that a man matching Gelman’s description was seen hiding behind a building on Avenue R and East 18th Street. Police respond in force, but find it to be a false alarm.

9:15 p.m.
Gelman’s stolen Pontiac is found abandoned at East 15th Street between Avenue H and Avenue I.

Saturday, feburary 12

1:00 a.m.
Gelman attacked another man on Eastern Parkway, stealing a black Nissan Maxima and injuring the driver. The 25-year-old man was stabbed repeatedly and dragged for a block. Moments before stealing the Maxima, Gelman had held a knife to a cabbie’s throat, telling him to drive. The cabbie struggled and drove into a parked car.

9:00 a.m.
Gelman stabbed another man on the 3 train at the 96th Street and Broadway station. The 40-year-old was stabbed in the neck, critically injuring him.

9:15 a.m.
Arrested at the Times Square subway station. Police flooded the 3 train Gelman was riding and took him into custody. An MTA bus transported witnesses for questioning. One police officer was hurt.

(Source: NY Post)