It took nearly killing a hardworking, octagenarian Manhattan building concierge with a machete to get this ticking timebomb off the streets.
Deashe Calhoun, 20 — free despite seven prior busts, several of which involved the deadly weapon or other knives — was ordered held on $500,000 bail Thursday after being charged with slashing the 82-year-old Upper West Side doorman in an unprovoked attack.
She was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court for the bloody assault that left Hubert Meulens with a bloody skull fracture.
“Thank God,” Meulens’ son, Peter Marcel, told The Post.
“That’s appropriate. It doesn’t make sense that she was on the streets in the first place. This decision sends the correct message.”
Manhattan prosecutors had requested the high bail during the hearing. Calhoun’s lawyer asked for time to “research” his client’s case.
Bail was also set at $1 for a separate menacing case against Calhoun from Aug. 25.
Deashe Calhoun appears for her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. Steven Hirsch
An NYPD officer delivers first aid to Hubert Meulens after he was attacked. William FarringtonCalhoun was hit with attempted murder, assault, and weapons possession in the alleged attack on Meulens, who remains hospitalized.
Cops said Meulens tried to stumble away after the brutal attack but Calhoun doused him with bear spray. According to a criminal complaint filed Thursday, Meulens was trying to find a cop when he was sprayed, “causing burning to his eyes and difficulty breathing.”
“I am not angry,” Meulens told The Post from his hospital bed Wednesday. “I would suggest she needs to be examined by a doctor. She needs psychiatric help.”
Meulens claimed his attacker Calhoun needed “psychiatric help.” William Farrington
Police said Thursday there was no record of prior emotional disturbance reports involving Calhoun, but she piled up more than a half-dozen prior arrests.
According to sources, Calhoun had been busted twice in August — for carrying two knives on a Brooklyn train and for wielding a machete in public.
On July 28, she was arrested for tampering with evidence, and three days later for allegedly flashing a machete to a victim on Fifth Avene, the sources said.
Calhoun has previously been arrested for brandishing a machete and switchblade on the subway. William Farrington
Republicans blamed New York’s bail laws for allowing Calhoun to be let loose after being caught with weapons. William FarringtonOn June 26, she was arrested for allegedly brandishing a switchblade to someone at a Blink fitness on Avenue A in Manhattan.
And on March 26, she allegedly threatened another victim in Washington Square Park, telling the frightened local, “I’m coming for ya,” the sources said.
According to a law enforcement source, Calhoun was also charged in December 2021 with allegedly stealing $300 from the cash register of a business that had fired her.
The outcome of the case is not available because it was later sealed.
Calhoun is due back in court on Monday.
Her lawyer did not return a call seeking comment on Thursday.
Additional reporting by Alec Tabak
