Knife wielded in clash between immigrant and protestor
By Carolyn Kormann
Apr 21, 09 7:11 PM

Gabriel Sanchez-Nugra, 26, was arrested on Monday morning, April 20, at around 8 a.m. by East Hampton Village Police in front of the East Hampton train station on Railroad Avenue and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, a misdemeanor. Bail was set at $350.

Police responded to a 911 call of menacing in front of the train station after Springs anti-illegal immigration protester Ricky King said that Mr. Sanchez-Nugra had threatened him with a 2-inch silver switchblade. When an officer arrived on the scene, Mr. Sanchez-Nugra was still holding the knife and police confiscated it.

Mr. King has been part of protests against illegal immigration in front of the 7-Eleven in Southampton and the East Hampton train station on several occasions. A few weeks ago, he held up a sign in front of the train station that read, “Mayor Rickenbach’s Slave Labor Market.â€