The man accused of two unprovoked slashings at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday night cried out for his mother at his Christmas Day court proceeding — as a Manhattan judge ordered him held on $150,000 bail.
Jason Sargeant, 28, was arraigned on charges of assault and attempted assault for what prosecutors described as “incredibly serious” knife attacks on two people in the city’s biggest train station on Christmas Eve.
After his brief Wednesday night appearance, Sargeant, a Brooklyn native, noticed that his mom was in the courtroom.
Maniac charged in alleged Christmas Eve stabbing of two people at Grand Central Terminal
“Wait, mom, I didn’t know you were here! I didn’t know you were here!,” he called out frantically as he was swarmed by court officers.
“Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!,” he wailed as the officers dragged him out of the courtroom.