New York Daily News

No ‘karate kidding,’ he’s busted at JFK

- Andrew Keshner

HE FELT LIKE kung fu fighting.

A traveler walking through JFK Airport unleashed a “martial arts style kick” on a customs officer, authoritie­s said.

Zachary Zborovsky, 36, was hauled into Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday for delivering the unprovoked strike.

Zborovsky was walking down an airport corridor when he encountere­d the off-duty officer, who was still in uniform, court papers said. He took a step past the lawman, and came back with a “roundhouse” kick, said Customs and Border Protection spokesman Anthony Bucci, who saw surveillan­ce footage.

It took three federal officers — including the victim — to get Zborovsky under control, authoritie­s said.

The customs officers were not seriously hurt.

Zborovsky was charged with assaulting a federal employee for the July 5 kick and released Thursday on $50,000 bond. His lawyer could not be reached for comment.

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