The knife-wielding suspect accused of fatally stabbing a postal provider employee in a New York Town deli right through an issue over who was once subsequent in line has a violent felony historical past.
Jaia Cruz, who government described as transgender, was once charged with second-degree homicide in Thursday’s stabbing and slashing of on-duty letter provider Ray Hodges inside of a Harlem deli as Hodges was once getting lunch.
The USA Postal Inspection Provider (USPIS) showed Hodges was once the sufferer.
SUSPECT ACCUSED OF BURNING WOMAN TO DEATH ON NYC SUBWAY IS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
The NYPD arrested a suspect within the deadly stabbing of an on-duty USPS employee inside of a Harlem deli Thursday afternoon. (Peter Gerber)
Hodges, 36, was once taken to Harlem Health facility, the place he was once pronounced useless.
The New York Put up reported that Cruz has 5 earlier arrests for crimes involving knives. In July 2020, Cruz waved an open field cutter at someone else in Midtown New york and shouted, “I’m going to chop him,” police resources informed the newspaper.
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Two postal staff stand outdoor a Harlem deli the place an on-duty letter provider was once stabbed to loss of life. (Fox New York)
Cruz was once ordered to get at the flooring however refused and was once arrested for resisting arrest.
Two weeks later, Cruz was once arrested once more for anfhe alleged position in a theft, the use of knives to take a person’s pockets and contact after the sufferer invited the pair to hang around.
The NYPD has charged a lady within the deadly stabbing of an on-duty USPS employee inside of a Harlem deli Thursday afternoon. (Peter Gerber)
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In a observation, the USPIS mentioned it “takes issues involving the security and well-being of postal provider staff as a most sensible precedence. We’re running diligently with the New York Town Police Division in this investigation.”
