BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR HOLDING HIS MOTHER AT KNIFEPOINT, THREATENING TO KILL HER

 

Victim Saved After Responding Police Officer Shot Suspect

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Unlawful Imprisonment for allegedly holding a knife to his mother’s neck and threatening to kill her. 

District Attorney Clark said, “This was a frightening situation for the victim who had a knife to her throat. An NYPD officer shot and wounded the defendant, ending the standoff.” 

District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Daniel Ribustello, 34, of 1740 Mulford Avenue, the Bronx, was arraigned today on third-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, first-degree Unlawful Imprisonment, second-degree Unlawful Imprisonment, second-degree Menacing and third-degree Menacing before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Darlene Goldberg. He was remanded. He is due back in court on October 29, 2025.

According to the investigation, on May 1, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m. inside the apartment where the defendant lives with his mother, Carol Ribustello 61, the defendant was allegedly holding her around the neck and had a knife to her throat. He allegedly told NYPD Officers who responded to the scene that he was going to kill his mother. While the defendant was still holding his mother at knifepoint, an NYPD Officer discharged his firearm striking the defendant once. His mother was unharmed.

District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective John Toto of the Force Investigation Division, and Sgt. Louis Meade and Detective David Golson of the Bronx DA Squad for their work on the case. 

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.