James Lawson, 44, who already had five busts and an open case on his rap sheet, appeared with his face covered in bruises as he was arraigned Monday night and shipped off to Rikers Island in the Sunday morning attack on vet Mark Antal. Lawson allegedly lunged at Antal and the two got into a scuffle, with the vagrant then picking up a brick and slamming the victim in the head — with Antal then wrestling his attacker to the ground despite being dazed and injured. “We are grateful to the swift action of the NYPD and the prosecutor’s office,” his wife, Christine, told The Post on Tuesday.
Author: Kyle Schnitzer, Joe Marino, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Published at: 2025-04-15 22:23:22
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