Queens cops were in for a real tree-t

A Tarzan-wannabe in Queens jumped back and forth between a tree and his home on Friday before police took him into custody, law enforcement sources said.

Roody Thomas, 44, moved between a branch of a tall spruce tree and a window of his home several times before he ended up in police custody late Friday, said the sources.

He was taken to an area hospital for psychiatric evaluation, the sources said.

It was unclear when Thomas was taken into custody.

Around 8 p.m. Friday evening, Thomas was not in the tree. “He’s inside the house. He’s safe,” said a member of a self-styled community “crisis management team” who was at the scene.

There were far fewer officers at Thomas’ home on Friday night than on Thursday.

As the standoff stretched on Thursday and Friday, police decided to handle it with kid gloves. “We’re handling an unstable situation with an abundance of caution,” a law enforcement source said.

Thomas was wanted for threatening his mother and assaulting his girlfriend. Cops were called to a two-story Springfield Gardens home on 145th Ave. near 225th St. about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday after Thomas argued with his family and threatened his mother, authorities said.

When cops arrived, they realized that Thomas was also wanted for punching his 50-year-old girlfriend on Sept. 30 as the two sat in a car on Merrick Blvd. near 225th St.

When Thomas realized he was going to be busted for menacing his mom and assaulting his girlfriend, he scaled new heights.

As the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit and hostage negotiation team pulled up, Thomas jumped from the roof of his mother’s house onto a thick branch of the 30-foot tree on the sidewalk outside the home, officials said.

Cops blocked off to traffic as authorities and neighbors tried to coax him down offering beer and rum as an incentive. Power lines surrounding the tree make any approach perilous, sources said.

“Now the world is watching!” Thomas screamed on Thursday evening. Thomas has six prior arrests on charges of assault, criminal mischief, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and New Jersey authorities arrested him on a fraud charge in July 2018, law enforcement sources said.

Roody Thomas scooted into a tree as cops closed in Wednesday. He was still in his branch office Friday (above and left) while trying to avoid arrest for assault and other charges. But he was eventually caught and taken to a hospital.