Knife-Wielding Times Square Maniac Deqon Massiah Released Without Bail
The New York Post | 07/14/2023 | Joe Marino

The deranged man caught on camera stalking a group of musicians through Times Square with a knife was granted supervised release by a Manhattan judge on Thursday evening.

Prosecutors recommended the release of 22-year-old Deqon Massiah. He was charged with menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon, which are not bail eligible.

The judge agreed to release the suspect but said that the “highest level of monitoring is appropriate.”

Massiah appeared in court wearing the same red shirt with the word “sly” on the back that he had donned when an alert photographer snapped his photo Wednesday.

The suspect was clutching a blade as he snuck up behind the performers at the Crossroads of the World.

*** During his arrest, prosecutors said Massiah told the officers, ”Get the f– off me, they were coming after us.” *** Massiah has no criminal history in New York, but is on probation for a sex offender case in Georgia.

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