A Pennsylvania influencer has been charged after being stabbed during a confrontation with two men he accused of being child predators in upstate New York last year.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Attalla, 34, who operates under the online moniker \u201cNiky Sal,\u201d was arrested on charges of third-degree assault, criminal nuisance and endangering the welfare of a child on Sept. 4, WGRZ reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Attalla runs undercover social media accounts, where he poses as a minor in an effort to identify adults who prey on children. <\/p>\n Nicholas Attalla, an influencer who targets online predators, was charged after being stabbed during a wild brawl at an upstate NY Tim Hortons. Facebook \/ Niky Sal<\/p>\n He is accused of getting into a fight with James Morris, 43, and Eric Spencer, 42, inside a Tim Hortons in Jamestown \u2014 about 70 miles south of Buffalo \u2014 in December 2025.<\/p>\n Investigators revealed that Attalla, of Erie, Pa., had allegedly chatted online with an individual who claimed to be a 16-year-old male through a dating site, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n Attalla portrayed himself as a 14-year-old girl during those communications and arranged to meet at the Tim Hortons, where he accused Spencer of talking with the minor. <\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Jamestown Police Department told WGRZ that Attalla \u201cthreatened him (Morris) based solely off the phone conversation and his voice.\u201d<\/p>\n At the Tim Hortons, Attalla confronted Morris and Spencer before the fight broke out.<\/p>\n