{"id":631192,"date":"2026-03-04T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631192\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:32:15","slug":"parolee-arrested-last-week-slashes-2-people-in-back-to-back-attacks-at-nyc-fish-market-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631192\/","title":{"rendered":"Parolee arrested last week slashes 2 people in back-to-back attacks at NYC fish market: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A parolee with 26 busts under his belt \u2013 including a crime spree just last week \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/07\/us-news\/woman-57-slashed-in-face-by-female-stranger-during-clash-on-nyc-train-near-grand-central-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slashed a woman<\/a> and a man back-to-back at an Astoria fish market Monday afternoon, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Quinones, 35, allegedly swung a blade across 29-year-old Samantha Robles\u2019 face after confronting her inside the Broadway Fish Market on Broadway near 48th Street around 4:20 p.m., according to police and the victim\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy who has been hanging around for a while and has a record for the same s\u2013t was outside and winds up slashing Samatha\u2019s face,\u201d the victim\u2019s mother, Rachel Fernandez, told The Post by phone. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38665712\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/O21L212.jpg\" alt=\"Broadway Fish Market and Food is Love restaurant in a city corner.\" class=\"wp-image-38665712\"  \/>Antonio Quinones, 35, who has 26 arrests under his belt, slashed Samantha Robles, 29, in the face after confronting her at Broadway Fish Market on Broadway near 48th Street at approximately 4:20 p.m. Google maps<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew him from last year. He kicked my dog [last year].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know is my daughter called me screaming, screaming, screaming,\u201d Fernandez said, adding she ran downstairs with her husband to see her daughter\u2019s brutal gash.<\/p>\n<p>Robles was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was listed in stable condition, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Quinones \u2013 who was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/23\/us-news\/rapist-out-on-parole-nabbed-for-savagely-beating-nyc-mom-unconscious\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released on parole<\/a> in May in connection to a 2022 slashing on the same block \u2013 then stormed out of the store and confronted a 54-year-old man outside, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He knocked the victim over, grabbed his scooter and cut him with a blade across his jacket, but did not pierce his skin, according to authorities and sources.<\/p>\n<p>He fled after the 4:30 p.m. attack, but quick-acting cops busted him on the way back to his nearby apartment, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quinones \u2013 who has 26 prior arrests on his record \u2013\u00a0was charged with assault with intent to cause injury, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy is always fighting with everyone,\u201d a fish market worker said Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always see him fighting in the streets with people. I don\u2019t know if he drinks a lot or goes crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wound up in cuffs just last week, on Feb. 24, after he allegedly snatched $2 from a tip jar at an Astoria liquor store, and then several hours later, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/25\/tourist-punched-in-face-in-random-times-square-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">punched a 20-year-old<\/a> man in the face, according to the complaint filed against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Quinones allegedly went on a bottle-smashing frenzy inside another liquor store, the court doc said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When cops tried to cuff him that evening in connection to the spree, he allegedly resisted and even kicked the door of the police car, according to the complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned on multiple charges, including misdemeanor assault, criminal mischief, petit larceny, resisting arrest and harassment in connection to last week\u2019s crime \u2013 but ultimately cut loose on supervision under the state\u2019s lax bail reform laws, prosecutors said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe asked for supervised release, which was the most that was allowed,\u201d a spokesperson for the Queens DA\u2019s Office said. \u201cIt was not bail eligible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His arraignments on the new assaults are pending in Queens Criminal Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should have been locked up,\u201d said Fernandez, the slashing victim\u2019s mother. \u201cThe guy is out of his f\u2013king mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A parolee with 26 busts under his belt \u2013 including a crime spree just last week \u2013 slashed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":631193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,21606,12938,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-631192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-astoria","tag-attacks","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}