SAN MATEO, CA — A 61-year-old San Mateo man was arrested Monday after reportedly threatening another person with a folding knife and attempting to slash the victim at Central Park, police said.
Officers responded to the park at 50 E. Fifth Ave. around 4:37 p.m. Monday after receiving a report that a man had brandished a knife, threatened an adult and tried to slash the person with the blade.
Police said they identified the suspect as Derek Schenone. Officers ordered him to stop and follow their commands, but he repeatedly refused and showed signs of alcohol intoxication, according to the San Mateo Police Department.
An officer displayed a Taser in an effort to de-escalate the encounter. Schenone then complied and was detained without further incident.
Officers found a folding knife in Schenone's pants pockets that was similar to the weapon described by the victim, police said.
Schenone was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer and public intoxication, police said. He was booked into the San Mateo County Jail.
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