The knife-wielding suspect accused of stabbing a postal worker to death during an argument over who was next in line at a New York City deli has a violent criminal history.
Jaire Cruz, who authorities identified as transgender, was charged with second-degree murder in Thursday's incident. stab, cut While Hodges is having lunch, Ray Hodges, the mailman on duty, appears inside a Harlem deli.
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) confirmed that Hodges was the victim.
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New York City police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of an on-duty USPS employee inside a Harlem deli Thursday afternoon. (Peter Garber)
Hodges, 36, was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
of new york post Mr. Cruz has been arrested five times in the past for knife crimes, the report said. In July 2020, Cruz waved an open box cutter knife at another person in midtown Manhattan and yelled, “I'm going to cut you,” a law enforcement source told the paper.
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Two postal workers stand outside a Harlem deli where a mail carrier was stabbed to death on duty. (Fox New York)
Cruz was ordered to the ground but refused and was arrested for resisting arrest.
Two weeks later, Cruz was arrested again on suspicion of robbing a man at knifepoint after the victim invited the two to hang out.
The New York City Police Department has charged a woman with stabbing a USPS employee to death on duty inside a Harlem deli Thursday afternoon. (Peter Garber)
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USPIS said in a statement that “issues involving the safety and health of postal workers are our top priority. We are working diligently with the New York City Police Department on this investigation.”
