KIPS BAY — A man slashed his co-worker with a fork and then threatened him with a knife inside "Top Chef" judge Tom Colicchio's Riverpark restaurant, police said.
Romaine Reynolds, 30, came up from behind the 19-year-old victim and slashed him in the back of the neck with a fork inside of the tony riverside restaurant at 450 E. 29th St. at about 5 p.m. on Dec. 20, leaving him bleeding, police said.
Reynolds then advanced on the victim with a steak knife but did not injure him further, police said.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the two were employees of Riverpark, which offers main courses like a roasted chicken for $31 and a rack of lamb for $43, but police described the pair as "co-workers."
The restaurant declined to comment.
Reynolds was released without bail and ordered to stay away from the victim. He is due back in court on March 23, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
Other notable crimes that occurred in the 13th Precinct include:
► A man was busted for trying to walk out of a Gristedes without paying for the nine packages of meat he had stashed in his suitcase, police said.
Samuel McBee, 35, was arrested in the Gristedes at 512 Second Ave. at 11:16 a.m. on Jan. 13, police said.
Information regarding his attorney or next court date was not immediately available. Gristedes declined to comment.
► A Starbucks employee swiped 10 bags of coffee from the store and then traded them to get his son’s tablet repaired, NYPD said.
Damian Santiago, 30, lifted the bags of coffee from the Starbucks at 1140 Broadway at about 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 15 and then gave them to a man in Queens as payment for fixing Santiago's son's tablet, police said.
Santiago was charged with petit larceny and possession of stolen property. He was given a desk appearance ticket, but police could not immediately provide his court date.
Starbucks did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
