Food Cart Vendor Stabbed On Upper West Side, Attacker Turns Self In: Police

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A teenager accused of stabbing a food cart vendor in early January will face assault and weapons charges after turning himself in, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch.

Angel Santos, 17, has been charged with second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a criminal complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney's office. Santos is accused of stabbing a food cart vendor on West 86th Street near Central Park west on Jan. 3, police told Patch.

Around 2:20 p.m. Santos allegedly stabbed the 48-year-old male victim in the lower left back, police told Patch.

The victim was identified by the West Side Rag as popular food cart vendor Sameh Bules who has served Upper West Siders breakfast from the same spot for nearly four years. An NYPD spokeswoman said she could not confirm the name of the victim with Patch.

Police told the West Side Rag that Bules and Santos were engaged in a verbal dispute before the stabbing. During the argument Bules swung a broom at Santos, who responded by stabbing Bules, police told the West Side Rag.

Santos turned himself in to police on Jan. 6, three days after the stabbing, police told Patch. The 17-year-old was released without bail and is due in court on March 1, a spokeswoman from the District Attorney's office told Patch.

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