A massage customer was so angry he was denied a “happy ending” that he allegedly slashed the masseuse and fled in a stolen yellow taxi, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
A day earlier, Kenneth Lee also mugged a female delegate from the Chinese Consulate in Hell’s Kitchen, the sources said.
In the masseuse attack, Lee, 29, met the victim, 21, at the West 43rd Street apartment she rented through AirB&B on March 22 after he responded to her ad on Backpage.com, sources said.
The two first got into a heated argument over the price of the massage, then Lee demanded sex from her, but she told him to get lost, sources said.
Enraged, Lee allegedly pulled a boxcutter and slashed her right bicep, causing a four-inch gash.
He then ran outside and jumped behind the wheel of an unattended yellow taxi parked nearby with the keys in the ignition, sources said.
The taxi driver, who was eating pizza on West 38th Street, watched in shock as Lee sped away in his cab before alerting his garage.
Using a GPS tracking device, the garage dispatcher tracked the movements of the stolen cab to Queens, giving constant updates to responding officers as to Lee’s whereabouts, sources said.
Lee was soon arrested in Sunnyside on charges of assault and attempted robbery.
Police later tied him to a second attack involving a delegate for the Chinese consulate the day before.
Lee was scoping out potential victims while sitting in his mother’s 2008 Dodge parked on 12th Avenue and West 43rd Street when he spotted the 59-year-old woman leaving the consulate.
He jumped out of the car, punched her in the head, snatched her pocketbook and ran away, sources said. The victim suffered a minor injury to her cheek.
When Lee returned for his ride an hour later, the car had been towed for being illegally parked at a bus stop. He again bolted away.
Police recovered surveillance video showing Lee inside the car, which was reported stolen by his mom in Barnegat, New Jersey, sources said.
He was charged with the robbery in the Chinese delegate case. Additional charges may be pending in New Jersey.