A Staten Island man allegedly fired arrows from a crossbow at neighbors' cars as part of an ongoing dispute and then cried for his grandmother when police slapped cuffs on him after one of the incidents, authorities say.
The 25-year-old man faces attempted assault, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and criminal weapons possession charges after the chain of altercations outside his home on Cunningham Road and Hylan Boulevard in Pleasant Plains, according to a criminal complaint from the Staten Island DA’s office.
The standoff began on Oct. 23, when the man allegedly fired a crossbow at a neighbor’s van as they were getting out of the vehicle. The arrow missed the neighbor but punctured a tire, police say.
Then, on Oct. 30, the man accosted the neighbor again with the loaded crossbow in hand, according to court papers. He didn’t fire but said, “If you don’t stop making noise, I’m going to kill you and burn your house down,” the complaint says.
On Wednesday, the complaint alleges, one of the neighbor’s friends was driving his car in the area when he heard a loud bang. He got out of the car and saw a crossbow arrow sticking out of the side of the car’s rear passenger door.
The friend called police, who allegedly saw the man carrying the crossbow back into his house.
Officers went to arrest the man, who tried to resist and yelled, “Grandma, please help me! Don’t let them arrest me.”
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Officers eventually cuffed the man and found a slingshot and canister of pepper spray in his pocket, the complaint says.
