QUEENS — A livery driver, who'd been released without bail after two recent assaults, was arrested for beating a rival driver with a tire iron at JFK airport's baggage claim area Monday, sources said.
Nathaneal Santana, a 26-year-old ex-con, hit a 25-year-old man — who sources said also works as a livery driver — with the tire iron during a fight near the baggage carousel about 8 a.m., according to PAPD spokesman Joseph Pentangelo.
The victim, who suffered a cut to his head and bruises, was treated at Jamaica Hospital, the spokesman said.
Santana fled the scene in his Hyundai Sonata, but Port Authority police caught up to him at North Conduit Avenue and 134th Place, Pentangelo said.
Santana was arrested for assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and fleeing police, police said.
He hadn't been arraigned as of Tuesday morning, records show.
Santana has been arrested at least three times since 2011, records show.
He was convicted for selling drugs near a school in 2011 and served the next three years behind bars, prison records show.
He was arrested on Nov. 26 for assault, harassment and menacing, court records show. He was released the next day with an order of protection against him, records show.
He was then arrested on Jan. 14 for assault and harassment, records show. He was released again the next day with another order of protection issued against him, records show.
He's due back in court for both cases on April 11, according to court records.
