NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police apprehended a hammer-wielding woman near the Garment District Tuesday morning.
At approximately 8:44 a.m., officials were called to West 38th Street and Eighth Avenue after a woman struck a light pole with a hammer, officials said.
The 29-year-old woman fled the scene but was pinned down and apprehended shortly after on West 40th Street and Seventh Avenue.
She was taken to Bellevue Hospital for further evaluation, officials said.




