CHELSEA — A man threatened to kill a Boston Market employee before lunging at him with a kitchen knife, the NYPD said.
The 42-year-old suspect had already been asked to leave the eatery at 271 W. 23rd St., near Eighth Avenue, when he returned around 10:12 p.m. on Oct. 27 and took out a stainless-steel kitchen knife with a black handle, police said.
The man raised the knife at a 22-year-old employee, said, “I’m going to kill you,” and lunged at him, the NYPD said.
He was arrested soon after, and officers recovered the knife at the scene, police said. No injuries were reported.
A manager working at the Boston Market on Friday declined to comment on the incident.
Other notable crimes from the 10th Precinct include:
► A 46-year-old man was arrested after a police officer saw him sitting on a staircase on the 23rd floor of a Fulton Houses building at 419 W. 17th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues, on Oct. 30 at 8:20 p.m. holding a pipe with methamphetamine in it, police said. The man also had a bag with methamphetamine residue in his front right pants pocket. “I took a puff,” the man told arresting officers.
► A 28-year-old woman was pushed against a bus by a woman she’d never seen before in front of 353 W. 17th St., near Ninth Avenue, around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, police said. The unknown attacker pulled the victim’s hair, scratched her eyes and said, “Tell your boss to stop following me,” before walking away.
► An anonymous caller told police he’d seen a group of kids throwing paint on a rack of Citi Bikes at the northeast corner of West 27th Street and 10th Avenue around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29. When officers checked the area, they discovered six Citi Bikes had white paint on their frames and seats.
► A 68-year-old woman was driving near the northeast corner of West 28th Street and Eighth Avenue around 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 29 when a man wearing a mechanic uniform approached and said that her engine was smoking and told her to pull over, police said. After telling the woman, “I’m a mechanic, I can fix your car,” the man opened the hood of the car and it “suddenly” started smoking, police said. The man charged the woman $100 for repairing her car, and the woman later felt she’d been the victim of a scam and reported it to police.
