Homeless Man Arrested after Throwing Boiling "Liquid" on Random New Yorkers
Police arrested a Black unsheltered man after he allegedly went on a spree of attacks in Manhattan, tossing scalding hot liquid on four people.
New York police say 42-year-old Larry Martin decided to launch his attack the morning of March 6 as everyone made their typical busy commutes to work. Martin is alleged to have pounced on a man on East 44th and Lexington, throwing a burning hot liquid on his head. Court documents said the man suffered severe burns to his neck. About 30 minutes later, Martin spotted his next victim on Sixth Ave and West 56th Street, police say. There, Martin allegedly attacked a woman, throwing more of the hot liquid at her face resulting in burns and hearing loss.
No, he wasn’t done there.
Police say he confronted another woman as she stepped out of the Times Square subway station on the Seventh Ave and West 42nd corner where he threw more scalding liquid the cup he carried. Then, he emptied the cup on a third woman’s chest and hands on West 35th Street and Eighth Ave, police said.
Martin’s alleged serial attack lasted nearly two hours. He wasn’t arrested until the next day after the NYPD identified him through street surveillance video.
Thursday, Martin finally made his first appearance in court where he was ordered to be held without bail by Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Curtis J. Farber. However, instead of the devious scowl one would expect from someone accused of such heinous actions, Martin looked right into the camera and donned a goofy, ear-to-ear, I’ve-never-been-so-happy-to-be-in-court, smile.
Serial NYC attacker who tossed scalding water at victims grins broadly in court https://t.co/X0W8SP4eK7 pic.twitter.com/74CvxNNj1P
— New York Post (@nypost) March 28, 2024
Now, that’s weird. However, this isn’t his first time he’d had a run-in with the cops. In 2022, he was arrested for assaulting a 70-year-old man, per The New York Post. It’s unclear if he’s retained legal counsel for his current case.
