New York man drags mother by hair to ATM, threatens to kill her; arrested

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The accused came out from a building, gripping his mother's hair and instructing bystanders to stay away..

A knife-wielding in New York man was arrested for allegedly attempting to drag his mother forcefully to a nearby ATM, while threatening to kill her, the New York Post reported...

The accused, yet to be identified by the police, was taken into custody around 8:30 am on Monday from New York's West 43rd Street, following a 911 call from a vigilant dog walker who witnessed the entire incident...

As per the witness's account, the accused son had her mother by the back of the hair, forcibly pushing her on the street...

Then I saw the knife when they walked past me, so I waved someone a little further down that something was going on, and then I called 911," the witness told New York Post...