A grand jury returned a first and second degree murder indictment Thursday charging Ramon Rivera with a deadly stabbing spree last month across Manhattan.
Prosecutors said Rivera committed “an unprovoked and violent series of stabbings” that killed three.
“These fatal stabbings have shaken our city, and those who commit random acts of violence will face accountability,” said Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Rivera allegedly broke into a hardware store on 1st Av November 18, emerging with a stolen backpack and stolen kitchen knives that he used to stab a construction worker, Angel Landi, a man fishing, Chang Wang, and a woman sitting on a park bench, Wilma Augustin.
Ramon Rivera , 51, confessed to the killings during questioning, according to police sources.
His case renewed frustration with the city’s inability to treat people in mental distress and hold people with a history of low-level criminal activity.
Rivera’s eight prior arrests in New York City mainly involved shoplifting. None involved a weapon.