Norton Blake biography: 13 things about Bronx, New York man

Norton Blake is an American man from the Bronx, New York City, New York, United States. He is 17 years younger than Laurell Reynolds of the Bronx.

Between 2002 and 2023, Blake had at least nine arrests for assault, drug possession, trespassing, resisting arrest, possessing stolen property and tampering with evidence, among other crimes. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In June 2002, he was arrested for criminal possession of marijuana.
2. In September 2003, he allegedly punched an off-duty male officer in the face as the officer was trying to help on-duty officers.
3. In 2007, he was arrested for a drug-related crime.
4. In April 2014, he was arrested for resisting arrest.
5. In June 2014, he was arrested for tampering with physical evidence.
6. In January 2015, he was arrested for possession of a bent MetroCard.
7. In February 2017, he was arrested for criminal trespass.
8. On March 10, 2017, he assaulted one of the police officers who tried to arrest him after he walked into the Nos. 2 and 3 subway station at 135th Street in Harlem, Upper Manhattan, New York City through the exit gate without paying his fare.
9. On March 15, 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
10. In July 2019, he was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is listed the Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island in New York City as his address although it is unclear whether he was ever a patient there.
11. On September 1, 2023, he was caught on camera hitting Reynolds with her own cane more than 50 times inside the West 116 Street and Lenox Avenue station in Harlem. He gave a fake name to the New York City Police Department officers who responded to the scene and they let him go.
12. On September 5, 2023, NYPD chief of transit Michael Kemper confirmed that the department was looking for him.
13. He was 43 years old when he was arrested on September 6, 2023. He was charged with assault.