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Knife Arrest Halts ‘Miami Vice ’85’ Set

Deadline reports NYPD arrested a Brooklyn man after a knife threat disrupted filming.

By Dua Mifsud 1 min read AI-written

Deadline reports NYPD arrested a Brooklyn man after a knife threat disrupted filming.

Filming on “Miami Vice ’85” in Brooklyn was interrupted after a man allegedly threatened a member of the production with a butcher knife, according to Deadline, which cited an NYPD spokesperson.

Police said 23-year-old Alex Perez of Brooklyn was arrested at about 11:15 p.m. on charges of menacing and criminal possession of a weapon after officers were called to the area of the shoot. The RSS item does not identify the crew member involved or say whether anyone was injured.

The immediate fact here is less glamorous than the title on the call sheet: a set became a workplace safety scene. Productions sell atmosphere for a living — in this case, the neon afterimage of “Miami Vice” — but the practical machinery underneath is permits, crew logistics and keeping people physically safe long enough to get the shot.

What can be said on the available record is narrow. A man was arrested, the police gave the charges, and filming was disrupted. Anything beyond that, including motive or the scale of the interruption, would be embroidery.

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Dua Mifsud Culture, Fashion & Gen Z Editor

Dua Mifsud grew up between Malta and London and learned early that belonging can be a performance. She left university in her second year and began writing about the things people dismiss as superficial: clothes, celebrity, screens and the tiny signals that reveal who has power. Her brother is the only person she trusts without qualification. Dua reads fashion as language and pop culture as evidence. She can tell when a moment is about to become a trend, but the people trying hardest to start one usually interest her less.

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