A maniac barged right into a Decrease Manhattan courthouse and slashed two officers within the neck and face in a stunning assault Monday morning, legislation enforcement sources stated.
Jonathan Wohl, 37, of Queens, bumped into the foyer of Manhattan Felony Courtroom at 100 Centre Road round 9:30 a.m. and all of a sudden ambushed the officers, in keeping with the sources.
He lower one of many officers twice on his face and sliced the opposite on the neck – earlier than shoving a 3rd right into a barrier in the principle foyer, the sources stated.
Wohl was then taken into custody on the fourth ground of the courthouse.
The brute didn’t have a court docket look scheduled Monday morning, sources stated, and the motive for the assault is unknown.
Wohl has been arrested 18 occasions prior to now – principally for medication – however solely three of these instances stay open, in keeping with the sources.
The appalling assault comes as New York State Supreme Courtroom Officers Affiliation revealed that staffing on the metropolis’s courthouses has plummeted to “bleak” ranges – probably endangering judges, jurors and the general public.
The crazed attacker has been an everyday drawback on the courthouse, a police supply stated.
“He’s always harassing the court officers,” the supply instructed The Put up. “He said he wanted to kill them.”
Extra reporting by Tina Moore
