Bronx woman charged after menacing officer in East Hampton, cops say

A Bronx woman walking in traffic on Montauk Highway has been charged after she allegedly threatened an East Hampton police officer with a knife, records say.

Marlene Pabon, 40, was charged with menacing a police officer after the incident earlier this month, according to East Hampton police. 

Pabon was walking in the westbound lane of traffic on Montauk Highway at 9:02 p.m. on Aug. 16 when the police officer, Ross Hamilton, approached her. She allegedly brandished an 8-inch folding knife at Hamilton, threatening him, according to police records.

"The defendant refused to comply with [the officer's] commands to drop the knife and continued to walk west in the lane of traffic until ultimately subdued," the records said.

"These actions did place [the officer] in reasonable fear of physical injury, serious physical injury or death," the records said.

The officer said Pabon brandished the knife at him while he was trying to remove her from the roadway.

Pabon was charged with menacing a police officer, a D felony and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, an A misdemeanor. 

A person can be charged with menacing a police officer when they intentionally put a police officer in fear of his or her life by displaying a deadly weapon, such as a knife or gun, at an officer in the course of performing duties when the defendant "knew or should have known" the victim was a police officer.

 The case was being handled in the Justice Court of East Hampton. No information on arraignment or representation was available.