Crime & Safety
Man Jumps From Freezer At UWS Restaurant, Attacks Workers: Report
The man tried to attack employees with a knife at Sarabeth's Restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue, near West 80th Street, around 11 a.m. Sunday.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — An Arizona man jumped out of a walk-in freezer in an Upper West Side restaurant Sunday, grabbed a kitchen knife and tried to stab workers, according to several reports.
Police confirmed officers were called to Sarabeth's Restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue, near West 80th Street, around 11 a.m. and found 54-year-old Carlton Henderson unconscious. The Cave Creek, Arizona, man was taken to St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital where he died.
The police were unable to confirm to Patch that Henderson had been inside the refrigerator.
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CBS New York reported that workers managed to tackle the man and wrestle him to the ground. He suffered medical problems during the struggle, the report said.
The city's medical examiner will determine an exact cause of death.
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The man's identity is being withheld until his family can be notified. Workers did not know him and it wasn't immediately clear how he got into the freezer, according to the CBS report.
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