


A “violent” mugger wanted in connection to nearly a dozen knife-point robberies in Manhattan and Brooklyn has been busted, police said Friday.
Nicolas Giraldo, 26, was identified as a suspect earlier this week and charged Friday with multiple counts of robbery and assault, as well as grand larceny, according to police.
NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters Thursday that the Queens man started holding up people at knife-point on May 7.
“He’s a pretty violent guy,” Essig said, adding, “He comes up and sticks a knife in somebody’s face or body and then he removes headphones or property.”
“He really takes off in June,” the chief said.
Essig said Giraldo robbed two people on June 5.
In one of the cases, he pulled a knife on a 24-year-old man standing at 322 W. 57 Street, just two blocks from the southwest entrance to Central Park and stole his cell phone, cops said.

On June 19, he allegedly held up people in separate robberies on E. 35th Street in Murray Hill, making off with pricey jewelry in each case, according to cops.
In some of the 10 muggings, Giraldo was seen wearing a yellow “Precision Electric” shirt, according to Essig.
“In some incidents he cuts them,” said Essig, but did not detail which victims suffered wounds.
It was unclear if he worked for the tri-state area electrician company.
He was elected to appear in criminal court in Manhattan Friday.