On Saturday afternoon, Upper East Side resident John Orna called police because his son Justin, who is in his 30s and lives with his dad, was flipping out and trashing the apartment. And when police arrived, Justin allegedly grabbed a three-foot-long decorative sword from the wall and brandished it at the cops. Luckily for him, police handled the situation with a great deal of restraint, and talked Justin into putting the sword down, and no one was hurt. He was taken from the building screaming incoherently and delivered to Bellevue for a psychiatric evaluation, but his father is standing by his son, and insisting he's just a little hyperactive. more ›

The family of murder suspect and aspiring actor Michael Brea insist he is a "compassionate, gentle, intelligent, spiritual and loving man," despite his being charged with murder for hacking his mother to death with a Masonic sword because he believed she was possessed by the devil. But that's only because the Brea who suspected his mother of black magic and allegedly yelled at her to "repent, sinner" is not the Brea they know and love! They write in a statement, "His brother, father and friends stand by him and will aid with his recovery in every possible way." more ›

Michael Brea has been charged with murder for the gruesome slaying of his mother with a sword. While undergoing psychiatric evaluation, Brea allegedly "told the doctors that he saw the Devil, and that the Devil was somehow in his mother." Police say he was clutching a Bible and a Masonic ceremonial sword when they burst into the apartment and found Yannick Brea dead of multiple stab wounds in the bathroom. Neighbor Sydney Clare told the Daily News, "He yelled, 'The greatest architect in the universe!' He looked crazy." more ›

If you're traveling with numerous weapons, should you just assume you'll be questioned? The AP reports that an American-Egyptian man who arrived in Cairo from New York was detained "as he tried to pass through customs with a metal box containing two 9 mm handguns, 250 bullets, several swords, daggers and knives. They say customs officials had been alerted after the weapons were discovered when the box was examined upon arrival Wednesday on an Egypt Air flight from New York's JFK International Airport in Cairo." more ›

Brooklyn kickball team Los Pirates Mechanicos (pictured) are down one man as of yesterday; Lawrence Jackson (better known as Lance) was arrested for carrying around a rusty pirate sword (also pictured) in Macy's. Unsurprisingly, the NYPD took it for a weapon, not a recreational sports prop. more ›