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The Bronx district attorney has set a disposition date for Shellyne Rodriguez, a New York City professor who wields a machete and allegedly threatened to dismember a New York Post reporter, Fox News Digital has learned.
A spokeswoman for the prosecution said a status hearing was held on Monday to confirm that the prosecution was in line with all the discoveries and evidence in the case.
Shellyne Rodriguez at the Bronx County Hall of Justice in New York City, New York on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Kevin C Downs for Fox News Digital)
The spokeswoman confirmed that everything was satisfactory and that the date of August 14, 2023 had been set for a possible disposition.
The court also extended the protection order until at least that date for the reporter, Ruven Fenton, and the photographer, Robert Miller, involved in the alleged machete incident.
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Rodriguez, 45, turned herself in to police on Thursday, May 25, after allegedly threatening to dismember a New York Post reporter with a machete.
Rodriguez is charged with three offenses – fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree endangerment – as well as endangerment, which is categorized as a misdemeanor.
Shellyne Rodriguez leaves the Bronx County Hall of Justice in New York, New York on Monday, June 26, 2023. Rodriguez is charged with three felonies – fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree endangerment – as well as endangerment, which is classed as a misdemeanor. (Kevin C. Downs for Fox News Digital)
Rodriguez insists she is the real victim and has said the whole incident has “taken a toll” on her mental health.
Shellyne Rodriguez at the Bronx County Hall of Justice alongside supporters in New York, New York on Monday, June 26, 2023. (Kevin C. Downs for Fox News Digital)
After video of the confrontation with the New York Post reporter surfaced, Hunter College fired the adjunct professor.
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She told ARTnews that the college “capitulated” to “racists, white nationalists and misogynists.”
Fox News’ Chris Eberhart contributed to this report.
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