RED BANK – A Hillside man was arrested after he pulled a butter knife on a train conductor Tuesday morning, police said.

Prudencio Cruz, 60, pulled the 8- to 10-inch knife on the conductor around 9 a.m., Red Bank police Chief Darren McConnell said. The weapon was recovered.

The confrontation happened while the train was in motion, NJ Transit spokesman William Smith said. Police made the arrest at the train platform of the borough’s train station, Smith said.

There were no injuries reported and the train was held for 13 minutes at the station, Smith said.

Cruz was charged with terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, McConnell said. He was taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold in lieu of $22,500 bail.

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