The suspect in the stabbing spree across Queens has been slapped with attempted murder and assault charges for the five violent attacks.
Jermain Rigueur — who reportedly laughed in one victim’s face after slashing them — was charged late Wednesday with three counts of attempted murder, four counts of assault, one count of attempted assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.
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.
