The unhinged man who allegedly clocked an NYPD cop in the head while the officer tried to arrest him for an earlier stabbing was busted Friday morning, law enforcement sources said.
Sergio Santiago, 41, was picked up several hours after he allegedly chucked an unknown object at the cop’s head in the B and D train mezzanine of the Fordham Road subway station around 5:20 p.m. Thursday and ran off, authorities and sources said.
The blow left a cut on the officer’s head, and he was rushed in a department cruiser to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition, police said.
Charges are pending against Santiago, who has six prior arrests, sources said.
NYPD cops initially approached Santiago because he was wanted for questioning in connection to an earlier Thursday stabbing at East 157th Street and Gerard Avenue, authorities said.
The victim of that knifing is also listed in stable condition, cops said.
Santiago has six prior arrests, his most recent on Jan. 22 when cops spotted him lying outstretched on a train passing through Crown Heights, sources said.
He has one active warrant from Feb. 4 in connection to a violation in the transit system, the sources said.
While Santiago was still on the loose, the NYPD released two images of him – including a mugshot, and a surveillance image of the suspect looking disheveled with a thicker beard, longer hair and a bulky black coat while walking on the sidewalk.