NEW YORK (AP) - A police report says a man accused of mowing down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians with his car, killing one of them, once told police in Florida he wanted to kill officers.
Richard Rojas enlisted in the Navy in 2011. In 2012, he was accused of beating a cab driver in Jacksonville, Florida, at a naval station.
According to the arrest report, Rojas said the cabbie had disrespected him by trying to charge too much.
The report says Rojas told an officer he was going to kill all police and military police he might see after his release from jail.
The U.S. military took over the case.
A Navy official says records show he was discharged in 2014 as the result of a special court martial.
Rojas' lawyer didn't comment Friday.
