Growling Man With Knife Threatened Marlborough Residents: Police

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Marlborough police arrested the same man twice this week after he appeared at a West Main Street apartment building and threatened people living there — at one point growling and holding a knife.

Around 10 a.m. Monday, police went to a West Main Street home after a man was reportedly seen chasing a woman while holding a knife. Officers found the man behind the apartment building hiding under a tarp with the knife nearby.

Several residents told police they were sitting on a third-floor deck when Javier Cuevas-Figueroa, 28, of Worcester, approached growling and yelling while holding a knife in his mouth. He was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, disturbing the peace, and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Cuevas-Figueroa was released from police custody several hours later, and at around 4 p.m. returned to the West Main Street home, police said. This time, he was in his car, revving his engine and giving the middle finger to the people in the home, police said.

Police returned and, after a struggle, arrested Cuevas-Figueroa again and charged him with intimidating a witness, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

The residents of the West Main Street apartment building did not know Cuevas-Figueroa, they told police.