A crazed profession felony who allegedly slugged and choked a lady pushing a child stroller at a Chelsea park after which shoved one other girl was hit with assault, strangulation and weapons-possession prices Tuesday, police stated.
Argenis Rivera, 33, who has a dozen prior busts, was arrested at a Manhattan bus cease Monday, shortly after he randomly attacked the 43-year-old stroller sufferer and one other girl round 1 p.m. at Hudson River Park in Manhattan, cops stated.
Rivera allegedly punched the primary girl within the face as she pushed a child in a stroller and commenced choking her whereas screaming, “I'm not letting go till police come! “I wish to die by police.”
The child was not harmed, sources stated.
He then turned to a a 37-year-old girl sitting on a bench and held a steel object to her throat earlier than shoving her whereas repeating the weird rant, law-enforcement sources stated.
Rivera fled the scene however was picked up close by on the bus cease.
He was charged with assault, strangulation, felony obstruction of respiratory, menacing and felony possession of a weapon.
He was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Prison Courtroom on Tuesday afternoon.
Police sources stated River has a historical past of psychiatric points and in August was charged with punching a doorman at a Midtown constructing however was launched as a result of the assault cost is just not eligible for bail below the state’s lenient felony justice reforms.
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