Knife-wielding illegal migrant accused of threatening US Attorney on Albany, NY streets

A antecedently deported illegal migrant with a agelong rap expanse has been arrested connected attempted execution charges successful Albany aft helium pulled retired a weapon and lunged astatine the U.S. lawyer for the Northern District of New York, according to prosecutors.

Saul Morales-Garcia, 40, who is primitively from El Salvador, charged astatine U.S. lawyer John Sarcone connected Tuesday nighttime portion helium was extracurricular a hotel, according to prosecutors.

Sarcone, who was appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi successful March, said helium feared for his life.

U.S. lawyer for the Northern District of New York John Sarcone, left, was allegedly chased by knife-wielding amerciable migrant Saul Morales-Garcia, right, who threatened to slit his pharynx connected the streets of Albany Tuesday night, prosecutors said. (Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

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The migrant didn’t injure Sarcone, who fled into the edifice connected Lodge Street and called Sheriff Craig Apple conscionable earlier 10 p.m.

Sarcone said helium past went backmost to the thoroughfare and called Garcia-Morales successful bid to halt the migrant from fleeing the scene, believing an guiltless idiosyncratic would beryllium killed if helium wasn't apprehended. 

But earlier instrumentality enforcement arrived, Morales-Garcia charged astatine Sarcone again, screaming and yelling astatine him successful a overseas connection portion wielding the weapon to marque a slitting-the-throat gesture, prosecutors said. 

Sarcone again ran to the lobby of the Hilton wherever Morales-Garcia stopped, turned and began to locomotion distant but was arrested erstwhile sheriff’s deputies arrived. Morales-Garcia was taken into custody and the weapon was recovered.

"I felt an work to the nationalist arsenic the main Federal instrumentality enforcement serviceman successful the territory that includes the metropolis of Albany," Sarcone said successful a statement. "I feared for my beingness but I couldn’t fto this idiosyncratic harm and perchance termination others."

The Albany County Sheriff's Office posted a photograph of the weapon utilized successful the alleged onslaught connected U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, John Sarcone III. (Albany County Sheriff's Office)

Morales-Garcia, who unlawfully reentered the United States successful 2021, has been charged with attempted murder, felony weapons possession and menacing, according to tribunal documents. Police said it was a random attack.

He was arraigned successful Albany City Court and pleaded not guilty. He is presently being held without bail.

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"Public information is our highest priority," Sarcone said. "I americium relieved that nary 1 was harmed. I appreciated the swift effect by the Albany County Sheriff’s office, which was wrong minutes, though it seemed similar an eternity."

Sarcone said that contempt his familiarity with streets, helium thinks they are dangerous. 

"I’m a nonmigratory of the metropolis of Albany, and I can’t … I don’t consciousness harmless to spell retired for a locomotion and person a cigar close adjacent the authorities Capitol," helium told Times Union.

The sheriff praised Sarcone and said his "selfless actions apt saved lives."

Sarcone is liable for each national transgression prosecutions and civilian litigation successful 32 counties successful the Northern District of New York.

He requested that his bureau beryllium recused from prosecuting Morales-Garcia for illegally re-entering the United States, which is simply a felony. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York volition present beryllium prosecuting the case. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations are besides progressive successful the investigation.

The Hilton Hotel successful Albany wherever United States Attorney John Sarcone was allegedly lunged astatine by a knife-wielding amerciable immigrant. (Google Maps)

Morales-Garcia has a transgression grounds successful astatine slightest 3 different states too New York, according to the Times Union.

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Morales-Garcia was convicted successful Georgia successful 2022 for driving nether the power and driving without a license, and helium presently has an progressive warrant successful Forsyth County for nonaccomplishment to look successful tribunal that year.

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He was arrested successful Virginia 2023 by U.S. Park Police connected national spot for disorderly behaviour portion helium was charged with retail theft successful Philadelphia past year.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. attorney’s bureau and Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) for comment.