Man Charged With Stabbing Waitress Held On High Bail

CHELSEA, MA — The man accused of stabbing a Chelsea waitress in the neck after ditching on his dinner tab finally faced an attempted murder charge. Gerardo Menjivar, 36, was held on $100,000 bail and ordered to wear a GPS monitor and stay away from the victim, witnesses, and area of the alleged crime if he posts that amount.

Menjivar was taken into custody Wednesday by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Special Investigations Unit. He had been in Prince George's County, Maryland, since he was arrested there earlier this month.

Menjivar, who most recent address was in Lynn, allegedly left Las Pupusas Del Chino restaurant around 11 p.m. on May 7 without paying his bill. When the waitress confronted him on Blossom Street, he allegedly stabbed her in the throat. The victim was transported to Mass General. She is expected to survive.

Chelsea Police identified her attacker as Menjivar and obtained a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested May 10 in Beltsville, Maryland, and waived extradition proceedings the next day.

The case will continue in court June 25.

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