JERSEY CITY -- A North Bergen man who took to Facebook last month and threatened to hurt himself and others, instead dealt a mortal blow to an inflatable soccer goal being used by children.

Dylan R. Owens, 26, is charged with criminal mischief and a weapons offense related to a steak knife following the June 17 incident in James J. Braddock-North Hudson Park. Police say the Valley Road resident stabbed the soccer goal with a kitchen knife and was later apprehended with the weapon.

North Bergen police Sgt. David Dowd said authorities received a report that Owens went on Facebook that night and threatened to harm himself and others at a Valley Road address.

But when police were dispatched, they found Owens wandering the streets near the intersection of Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard with a knife in his hand, as if he was going to stab himself, Dowd said.

After apprehending him, police learned Owens had gone to North Hudson Park earlier and stabbed the inflatable soccer goal being used at an event, Dowd said.

With around 50 kids lined up to kick soccer balls at around 8:30 p.m., a supervisor noticed someone -- later identified as Owens -- behind the goal with a "shiny object" in his hand, jabbing at the inflatable structure, Dowd said.

The 26-year-old made his first appearance on the charges today in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City. A criminal complaint alleges that he caused about $2,500 in damages and also waved the knife over his head while walking along Bergenline Avenue.