Man Who Wielded Ax In McDonald’s Is Busted Again

The man who couldn’t take a refusal from a woman inside McDonald’s and decided to go on an ax swinging rampage, has been busted again for spray painting graffiti in Brooklyn and then stealing an expensive bike to flee cops.

Michael Palacios, who was caught on video smashing up the crowded McDonald’s on the Lower East Side during a beef with other patrons in September, was approached by police around 5:40 p.m. Sunday after he was seen spraying graffiti behind 69 Second Ave. in Gowanus.

The 31-year-old messenger ran and snatched a bicycle from in front of a coffee shop and tried to ride off before he was apprehended by officers.

The blue bike, valued at $3,500, was damaged in the chase. Palacios of Manhattan was found in possession of graffiti paraphernalia at the time.

While he was being detained, police also accused Palacios for a graffiti incident in June at the Broad Channel subway station in Queens.

Palacios was charged with grand larceny, two counts of criminal mischief, possession of stolen property, making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments. In connection with the summer graffiti incident, he was charged with additional counts of making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments.

He was released without bail on Oct. 10.

After his violent outburst at the Delancey Street McDonald’s last month, Palacios said, “I’m not unhinged, I was simply defending myself after they ganged up on me and punched me in my face and head.”

“It’s not luck that they didn’t get chopped up. I didn’t chop them up because I didn’t want to,” said Palacios, adding that he carries the hatchet around with him for protection.

Cell-phone footage from the 2:30 a.m. incident shows three men smacking a smirking Palacios after a dispute.

He stands still while taking the hits for moment and then calmly walks over to his backpack, pulls out an ax and threatens his combatants and smashes up the restaurant.

At one point he even pointed the ax at the frightened woman, who apparently had rejected him, which started the misunderstanding in the first place.

“Don’t be hanging out with punk-ass dudes because they’re going to get you into problems like this,” Palacious said he told her.

“And after that, I shook her hand,” he said. “I understood it was a very intense situation, a lot of drama going on.”

Manhattan prosecutors said, Palacios, who had lost his job at a brewery the day before, left the McDonald’s on his bicycle after the incident but was arrested by cops nearby.

He was arraigned on charges of criminal mischief and weapons possession and released without bail in the case