{"id":272115,"date":"2026-06-19T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:40:18","slug":"brooklyn-man-allegedly-brandished-knife-at-casino-security-attacked-girlfriend-down-beach-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272115\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn man allegedly brandished knife at casino security, attacked girlfriend \u2013 Down Beach News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Brooklyn man is jailed after he allegedly brandished a knife at casino security trying to intervene in a physical assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Capellan, 36, and a woman who he was in a dating relationship with were in a verbal dispute at Harrahs\u2019 Atlantic City on Wednesday, when Capellan grabbed her and pushed her, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt least a half-dozen unarmed security guards confronted him,\u201d witness Taylor Henry told BreakingAC. \u201cOne, a guard well over 6 feet, tried to separate them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople in the lobby started shouting, \u2018He\u2019s got a knife!\u2019 The guard stepped away and the man pulled the woman down a corridor behind the check-in counter where a bank of elevators is located,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry, who is staying at the hotel for the Catholic Media Conference, said they lost sight of things at that point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security officers got to the hotel room where the two were, and could hear a physical altercation inside, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henry said two or three Atlantic City police officers came running through the lobby from the front entrance about 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the officers was carrying a long gun, Henry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They entered the room and arrested Capellan, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A knife was recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn ambulance team arrived, went behind the counter to the hall with the elevators but left with an empty stretcher,\u201d Henry said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman showed obvious signs of injury, but refused medical attention, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terry Dickson, who also is attending the conference, captured a photo of the arrest. Henry posted it on Facebook with some information about what he saw.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-35094 br-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAwIDAnPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-breeze=\"https:\/\/downbeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/christopher-capellan-arrest.webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Christopher capellan arrest\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17EtTUhzwG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Henry posted the photo on Facebook with some information about what happened. (Photo by Terry Dickson)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capellan is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on charges of terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, criminal restraint and two counts of simple assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Atlantic City police at 609-347-5766. Information also may be texted anonymously to tip411 (847411), beginning the text with ACPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brooklyn man is jailed after he allegedly brandished a knife at casino security trying to intervene in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-272115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}