Authorities said Wednesday that a samurai swordsman was arrested after punching a NYPD officer last week.
Authorities said the scuffle erupted when police responded to a 911 call casually swinging on Madison Avenue near East 73rd Street shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday.
Police confronted the suspect, later identified as Lower East Side resident Wilson Picardo, 33, near 77th Street, where he said he refused an order to stop the weapon from swinging.
According to police, Picardo allegedly punched him several times in the face and stomach, hurling one of the cops.
Police charged Pachardo with one count of assault of an officer, two attempts to attack an officer, resisting arrest, recklessly endangering, obstructing government administration and criminal possession of a weapon. went.
According to officials, the officer was hospitalized and recovered from his injuries.
Officers in 19th Prana Tweeted A photo of the seized Japanese weapon, with the caption inscribed: “Wrong century. Wrong period. Just wrong! “
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