Crime & Safety
Hangry Bed-Stuy Bagel Fan Charged With Assault, Cops Say
Edilberto Burgos stands accused of hurling merch at a Bushwick deli worker who didn't prepare his bagel in a timely fashion, police said.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- Let's hope they have good bagels in jail.
Police arrested the irate bagel aficionado who hurled a metal bell and bread at a Brooklyn deli worker who did not provide him with a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich in a timely matter, according to the NYPD.
Edilberto Burgos, 24, was arrested in Bed-Stuy Thursday morning for attacking a 28-year-old worker inside Hi Mango Natural Market on Flushing Avenue and Vandervoort Place on Nov. 25, police said.
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Burgos was captured weeks after police released video that shows him pointing and shouting about the sandwich delay.
"Make my s--- right now," the man reportedly shouted.
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Burgos, who lives on Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, was charged with assault and menacing, police said.
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