The unhinged man who allegedly knifed a stranger in the back in a Lower Manhattan subway station last week was busted – as prosecutors revealed Thursday the brute had flashed a knife and threatened to kill a woman about a half-hour earlier.
Dariel Castillo, 28 – who has four prior arrests is accused of stabbing a 51-year-old man in the Broadway-Lafayette hub around 5:20 a.m. Jan. 28, cops said.
Castillo allegedly started a fight with the victim for unknown reasons on the steps of the station before turning violent — repeatedly plunging the blade into his back, police said.
Dariel Castillo, 28, allegedly plunged a knife multiple times into the 51-year-old victim’s back, cops said. NYPD
Castillo allegedly attacked the stranger on the steps of the Broadway-Lafayette subway station, cops said. NYPDThe victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
In a nearby attack around 4:50 a.m., Castillo allegedly grabbed an iPhone from a woman at Broadway and East Houston Street, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Castillo was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond during his Thursday morning arraignment DCPI
His most recent prior arrest was for a domestic violence assault in November.
When the victim tried to grab her phone back, Castillo then brandished a knife and snarled, “I will f–king kill you, b–h,” the court doc said.
Castillo was arraigned on both cases Thursday – facing charges of felony and misdemeanor assault, attempted robbery, grand larceny, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, prosecutors said.
Castillo, of East Harlem, was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond during his Thursday morning arraignment, online court records show.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
Castillo, of East Harlem, was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond during his Thursday morning arraignment, the DA’s office said.
Prosecutors had requested a higher bail amount, at $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond, they said.
Castillo’s most recent prior arrest was for a domestic violence assault in November, and he’s also been nabbed for petit larceny, evading the subway fare and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
