New York Post

Deadly Pak stox attack

On the 3rd day, he was busted again

- By KEVIN SHEEHAN, CRAIG McCARTHY & KATE SHEEHY Additional reporting by Tina Moore and Rebecca Rosenberg Washington Post

Washington Square Park’s “Jesus” now has a trinity of arrests.

Matthew Mishefski — a troubled homeless man who was cuffed twice last weekend while lounging around the park naked — showed up again in the buff on Monday and was promptly busted a third time.

The squatter has been living essentiall­y out of the park’s fountain since May, usually without clothing.

In his latest brush with the law, Mishefski — who has told The Post that he is the “son of God Lord Saviour Jesus Christ” — was sprawled on his back in the middle of the drained fountain, with his genitals in his hand, and appeared to be trying to fall asleep in the early afternoon.

A crowd started taking video while a city Parks Department worker tried to cover the 25-yearold Pennsylvan­ia man with a white towel and EMTs put white sheets over him.

Mishefski tossed off the sheets and took the towel and used it as a pillow under his head.

A total of about 18 NYPD cops, EMS workers and Parks Department employees eventually surrounded him and futilely spent 20 minutes trying to coax him to come with them.

When Mishefski refused, they moved in — and all hell broke loose.

“No! No! No!” the flailing man screamed. “There is no need for help! I will ask my mother if I need help! She is a virgin!”

An exasperate­d EMT from Mount Sinai Hospital told The Post, “He pushed his arms and legs into the [fountain] grate, the holes. Both arms, both legs. He’s holding on!”

It took the cops and workers about 20 minutes to bring the disturbed man under control and cart him off on a stretcher — as the crowd cheered.

Mishefski moaned while being put into a Mount Sinai ambulance and was whisked away.

Two days earlier, the homeless man had been handcuffed and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital after getting into a naked brawl with two other guys.

He was soon released — and found in the park again Sunday morning walking around naked and touching himself, witnesses and cops said.

He was cuffed again and taken to Beth Israel Hospital before being freed and causing Monday’s disturbanc­e.

Mishefski was not charged in any of the incidents.

But he was arrested June 13 for obstructio­n of government administra­tion and two counts of criminal trespass while in the park, police said.

He also received summonses March 19, April 11, May 11 and May 20 for failure to comply with signs, for essentiall­y being in the park after hours.

Four men armed with assault rifles and grenades stormed the stock exchange in Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi, on Monday, but security officials said the attack was foiled within minutes.

Police said one police officer and two private security guards who stopped the gunmen died. All four attackers were killed before they could enter the country’s oldest and largest stock exchange.

A separatist militant group called the Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibi­lity for the attack.

Pakistani officials blamed India for the attack, claiming ties between Delhi and the militant group.

 ??  ?? BAD NUDES: Police and EMS crews struggle Monday to restrain a naked Matthew Mishefski, the self-proclaimed Washington Square Park Jesus.
BAD NUDES: Police and EMS crews struggle Monday to restrain a naked Matthew Mishefski, the self-proclaimed Washington Square Park Jesus.

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