A person terrorized a mother and her two younger children with a knife close to the Central Park Carousel on Sunday afternoon, authorities mentioned.
Damien Greene-Ayala, 30, brandished the blade and menaced the 27-year-old girl and her boys, 9 and 6, as they tried to buy tickets to the carousel round 2 p.m., cops alleged.
Greene-Ayala, who lives in Queens, was taken into custody a short while later, police mentioned.
He was charged with endangering the welfare of a kid, prison possession of a weapon and menacing, authorities mentioned.
Greene-Ayala was later launched with out bail at his Monday night time arraignment.
As of Sept. 25, main crime in Central Park is up 27% this yr in comparison with final, a spike that’s largely pushed by upticks in felony assault and theft, NYPD knowledge present.
In late August, a person tore by the inexperienced house on a Saturday morning and sucker-punched two folks – a 34-year-old man from Colombia and an 83-year-old girl, police mentioned on the time.
The 34-year-old declined medical consideration however the aged girl hit her head after she was pushed to the bottom and was despatched to the hospital, cops mentioned.
On Sept. 18, an actual property dealer was strolling dwelling from the Higher East Facet round 12:45 a.m. when three teenagers robbed him at knifepoint.
“I heard three folks working behind me so I circled in order that they wouldn’t run into me,” the sufferer, Zach Gutierrez, 35, instructed The Publish in an e-mail after the incident.
“Considered one of them took my arm as if he was my pal and wished to inform me one thing. His buddies pulled out a big white knife after which he took out an identical one.”
Gutierrez “panicked” and gave the kids his pockets and cellphone earlier than they sprinted off into the darkish.
“I notice strolling by (the) park at night time could possibly be harmful, however it by no means has been for me within the years I’ve carried out it,” Gutierrez mentioned.
On Aug. 14, a vacationer from Saudi Arabia was simply outdoors of Central Park close to the nook of Fifth Avenue and East 59th Road when he was mugged at gunpoint round 4:30 a.m., cops mentioned beforehand.
The 24-year-old’s cellular phone was stolen and he was not bodily injured.
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