Posted on 11/05/2022 2:09:42 PM PDT by simpson96
A beef over boorish behavior in a Midtown steakhouse ended with a Massachusetts tourist stabbed twice by a diner seated at a nearby table, police said Saturday.
A Manhattan woman was arrested hours after the red-meat ruckus where police said the suspect became outraged Friday night after the 24-year-old victim’s wife made snide remarks about the service and the waitstaff inside Ruth’s Chris Steak House, cops said.
Customer Joan Thompson, 41, intervened in the argument between the wife and a worker before grabbing a steak knife and stabbing the man in the lower back and armpit shortly after 10 p.m. at the restaurant on W. 51st St., police said.
Thompson was charged with felony assault and menacing, police said.
“I’ve never been to Ruth’s,” said Bob Ostrow, who was staying at an adjoining hotel. “But if you’re going to start a ruckus you don’t want to do it at a steakhouse. There’s too many sharp knives!”
Cops spent Friday night searching for surveillance video to help identify the suspect before she was taken into custody. Thompson was sitting near the out-of-town couple when the fracas started, with the situation escalating quickly as the suspect took the side of the employees.
The victim, of Milford, Mass., was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center by ambulance.
“When they brought him out he was holding his upper chest,” said a security guard at the neighboring Michelangelo Hotel. “He was stabbed and bleeding, but still talking when they put him into the ambulance.
Thompson and her dinner companion fled the restaurant and headed on foot toward the East Side as witnesses dialed 911. She was arrested a little more than four hours after the stabbing.
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Why not charged with attempted murder?
Have at it ..
Put some A-1 on it!
road rage....roid rage....now steakhouse rage
Ring Ding rage .
I hope she was sticking with the salad bar
Doesn’t look like it. Maybe the dessert bar.
Takin’ Hangry to a new level
I feel that this story could have been written in a more straight forward fashion. Doesn’t have to be confusing.
Can’t wait for the Yelp review.
“Section 1751(a) of Title 18 incorporates by reference 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. 18 U.S.C. § 1111 defines murder as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice, and divides it into two degrees.”
A couple of thoughts. Probably there is a requirement of something like “malice” and that may have its own special definition. Also, I’m guessing a murder trial would take longer and cost more and one reason they emptied the prisons for “covid” wasn’t to prevent disease, but to lower the budget. They simply don’t want to spend money on non-political trials. The government at any level no longer works for the people, but for itself and its own motives. They’ll probably plead this down to third degree menacing or even fourth degree making faces.
The need a stake-out to be on the lookout for take-out steak 🥩🥩🥩🥩
My misteak - I tried to cut through the fat headline
I know I’m going against the grain
Just call me T-Bone
Photo of suspect....
Yet again proof that all beauty contest runners up don’t end up as TV game show co-stars. Some fade away.
“I’ve never been to Ruth’s,” said Bob Ostrow, who was staying at an adjoining hotel. “But if you’re going to start a ruckus you don’t want to do it at a steakhouse. There’s too many sharp knives!”
What does Bob Ostrow have to do with the story? He was staying at an "adjoining hotel" and was never even at the restaurant. Was the reporter just knocking on doors looking for quips from random people?
The victim, of Milford, Mass., was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center by ambulance
What an odd construction of a sentence. A sentence that delivers practically nothing of value as part of a flimsy article that barely touches on the five "W"s of journalism (Who, Where, What, When and Why).
Fourth graders can actually write better than this.
Too busy with the puns........and why the hell does it take FOUR people to write a simple story like this?
Fugly squared.
OK, lemme see if I have this right...
Karen starts badmouthing the staff.
She and Homicidal Maniac now get after it.
Homicidal Maniac now stabs Karen’s HUSBAND, who as far as we know was only trying to calm everyone down if not staying out of it altogether.
This is a scene straight out of a screwball comedy - except for the bloody part, maybe.
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