New York Daily News

Comic cuffed for grabbing woman on Qns. street

- BY ESHA RAY

Cops have arrested a Florida standup comic they say harassed a Queens woman as she was walking home.

Christophe­r Prusa first approached the 21-year-old woman after she parked her car on 53rd St. and Roosevelt Ave. in Woodside around 4 a.m. Friday, authoritie­s charge.

“Hey, can I talk to you?” Prusa asked, according to a criminal complaint. The woman ignored him and continued toward her apartment.

When she reached her home, she looked back and saw Prusa (photo) coming up behind her. He grabbed her arm and she screamed, prosecutor­s allege.

“Chill out,” Prusa said as the woman pushed him off and ran from him, according to the complaint.

Surveillan­ce video released by police shows Prusa trying to pull the woman toward him.

The Port St. Lucie man was nabbed Saturday after numerous people who recognized Prusa from the video called in tips.

Police initially investigat­ed the case as an attempted rape, but prosecutor­s ultimately charged him with stalking, attempted assault and harassment.

Prusa was also slapped with drug possession charges after cops allegedly found three Ziplock bags of cocaine and one of pot, along with a marijuana pipe, in the center console of his Hyundai.

He is currently being held at the Vernon C. Bain Center on $2,500 bail.

Prusa often performs as a comic in New York, according to his Facebook page.

In February, Prusa posted a photo on Facebook that appears to show him auditionin­g for “America's Got Talent.”

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