Jorge Santiago, 34, was in the NYPD jail on Einstein Loop in the Bronx as of 12:30 a.m. Saturday, the sources said. Santiago was taken to the 19th Precinct, where he asked for a lawyer when investigators began questioning him, the sources said. Santiago reportedly had two knives at the time of his arrest, but it was not immediately known if the weapons were the same ones used in Friday’s attack, the sources said. The Manhattan DA’s office was expected to execute a search warrant for Santiago’s apartment on East 96th Street, the sources said. Santiago was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the sources said. In April 2013, Santiago was arrested for slashing another man in the face with a box cutter in the Bronx, the sources said. The victim was treated for his injuries at Jacobi Medical Center. Management of this case was not immediately available. The guard is in stable condition at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Jorge Santiago was reportedly unfazed when he was told that the services he wanted done at the bank had to be done over the phone. Matthew McDermott In the latest incident, Santiago allegedly visited the Chase Bank on East 86th Street near Second Avenue before it opened and initially asked the security guard to let him in, the sources said. He then left and returned later, only to bail when he was later told the services he needed had to be done over the phone, police and law enforcement sources said. The guard was escorting the man out of the bank just after 9 a.m. when he pulled out a blade and plunged it into the guard’s neck while the two were in the lobby, police said. The guard was in stable condition at Weill Cornell Medical Center, police said Saturday.
