The man accused of two unprovoked cuts at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday night cried out for his mother in court on Christmas Day, after a Manhattan judge set bail at $150,000.
Jason Sargent, 28, was charged with assault and attempted assault in what prosecutors described as “incredibly serious” charges for attacking two people with a knife at the city's biggest train station on Christmas Eve. .
Sargent, a Brooklyn native, found his mother in the courtroom after a brief court appearance Wednesday night.
“Wait, mom, I didn't know you were here! I didn't know you were here!” he frantically screamed as court officials swarmed him.
“Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!” he shouted as police dragged him from the courtroom.
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Prosecutors said the sergeant had allegedly slashed the left wrist of a 42-year-old man on the steps of Grand Central's south entrance about 24 hours earlier and “continued to scream, 'Fuck all these people!'”
“The victim was bleeding profusely at the scene,” the assistant district attorney said in court. “He suffered a deep cut to his wrist, bled profusely, had to have a tourniquet applied at the scene, and was taken to Bellevue where he continues to receive treatment.”
The suspect's “assault” continued, running up the stairs and getting into an argument with a 26-year-old woman, Imani Ciara Pizarro, before punching her in the back of the head and stabbing her in the throat near the turnstiles. , according to prosecutors.
“The man first punched her in the face and then lunged at her with a knife, inflicting a small wound on her neck,” prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.
Pizarro, 26, told the Post he was on the phone with friends and neighbors when he was attacked.
“I wish I could travel for a living and not be attacked. I wish there were police at Grand Central when I was attacked, but there were none. I called for help. I was running and there was no one there,” she said.
Sources say the sergeant has been arrested three times for mischief, fare assault and assault on a police officer.
His next court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 30.
