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Sword-Swinging UES Man Is Totally Harmless, Swears Dad
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 31, 2011
Modified Jan 31, 2011
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Published Jan 31, 2011
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On Saturday afternoon, Upper East Side resident John Orna called police because his son Justin, who is in his 30s and lives with his dad, was flipping out and trashing the apartment. And when police arrived, Justin allegedly grabbed a three-foot-long decorative sword from the wall and brandished it at the cops. Luckily for him, police handled the situation with a great deal of restraint, and talked Justin into putting the sword down, and no one was hurt. He was taken from the building screaming incoherently and delivered to Bellevue for a psychiatric evaluation, but his father is standing by his son, and insisting he's just a little hyperactive.
"He doesn't know how to calm down," said Orna tells the Daily News. "He's harmless, he's like a bunny. He doesn't threaten anyone. Ten days, he's going to be back here, asking me to make him a grilled cheese sandwich." For his sake, we hope Orna prepares that sandwich EXACTLY to Justin's specifications. He may also want to consider redecorating the home with fewer weapons.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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