Police: Naked man threatened shoppers with machete

Police say a naked man is accused of threatening Lake Grove shoppers with a machete.  According to police, Jose Amaya, of Bay Shore, barricaded himself in a tractor trailer he drove for a New Jersey

News 12 Staff

May 19, 2015, 3:37 PM

Updated 3,263 days ago

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Police: Naked man threatened shoppers with machete
Police say a naked man is accused of threatening Lake Grove shoppers with a machete. 
According to police, Jose Amaya, of Bay Shore, barricaded himself in a tractor trailer he drove for a New Jersey company. 
Officers arrived on the scene after people reported the man waving a 20-inch machete in the parking lot of the Lake Grove Costco at 1 p.m. yesterday. 
Police say when Amaya tried to leave the truck through a window, they were able to apprehend him. 
Amaya was taken for evaluation after being charged with menacing a police officer and drug possession. 
Amaya will be arraigned today. 


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