The Queens madman suspected in an alleged stabbing spree in Queens over the past two weeks was slapped with several assault charges in the violent attacks, according to a report.
Jermain Rigueur — who reportedly laughed in one victim’s face after slashing them — faces multiple charges of assault and possession with a deadly weapon, CBS News reported Thursday.
Rigueur, a 27-year-old greeter at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, was nabbed Wednesday night after a frantic NYPD manhunt.
The string of random attacks began on Jan. 8 when a 61-year-old grandfather was knifed in the back as he walked to the laundromat that evening.
After the alleged perp stabbed him from behind, he turned and smiled at him as he walked away, the victim told The Post.
Then this week, 34-year-old Shaneka Anderson was stabbed as she walked home just after midnight Tuesday from her job with TSA at LaGuardia Airport.
The next three victims were each knifed Wednesday morning, leading cops to alert the media as they began their search for the assailant.
The NYPD sounded the alarm at a press conference the same day and blasted out images of the suspect before they took Rigueur into custody that night.
“We have an unidentified individual who is walking around the street randomly stabbing people with a hunting knife,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell warned earlier Wednesday.
Police Commissioner Edward Caban called the suspect “armed and dangerous.”
On top of the five slashings, police are probing whether Rigueur is the same suspect who attacked a man on a Brooklyn subway platform Wednesday.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
