FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, producer and actor Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin attend the HBO premiere of "Seduced and Abandoned" at The Time Warner Center, in New York. Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He's playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama. The network said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, that Baldwin guest stars as a New York columnist on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," airing March 19, 2014. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file) (Greg Allen)
NEW YORK — Authorities say Alec Baldwin has been arrested after allegedly punching a man in the face during a dispute over a parking spot outside his New York City home.
The actor was taken into custody just before 2 p.m. Friday in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood.
Police say Baldwin claimed he had a family member holding the spot when a man driving a station wagon pulled up and took it.
Officials say the men were arguing and pushing each other before the 60-year-old Baldwin turned violent.
The 49-year-old station wagon driver was taken to a hospital with jaw pain.
A representative for Baldwin did not immediately respond to a message requesting comment.
Baldwin is known for playing President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live.” Asked about Baldwin’s arrest, Trump said: “I wish him luck.”
FILE – In this Oct. 24, 2013 file photo, producer and actor Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin attend the HBO premiere of “Seduced and Abandoned” at The Time Warner Center, in New York. Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: He’s playing a meddling newspaperman on a NBC drama. The network said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, that Baldwin guest stars as a New York columnist on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” airing March 19, 2014. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file) (Greg Allen)FILE – In this Nov. 27, 2017 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin waits to speak during the Iowa Democratic Party’s Fall Gala, in Des Moines, Iowa. Baldwin has been arrested for allegedly punching someone during a dispute over a New York City parking spot. Police say the actor was taken into custody just before 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)FILE – In this Nov. 27, 2017, file photo, actor Alec Baldwin speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party’s Fall Gala in Des Moines, Iowa. Baldwin has been arrested for allegedly punching someone during a dispute over a New York City parking spot. Police say the actor was taken into custody just before 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Manhattan’s West Village neighborhood. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) (Charlie Neibergall)FILE – In this Nov. 12, 2013 file photo, actor Alec Baldwin leaves criminal court in New York. After testifying at his stalker’s trial, having run-ins with photographers, and being suspended from his ultimately short-lived MSNBC show because of his behavior during one of the encounters, Baldwin wrote a New York magazine cover story in 2014 decrying the constant tabloid coverage of his comings and goings. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Seth Wenig)FILE – In this April 4, 2016 file photo, Alec Baldwin attends the NYU Tisch School of the Arts 50th Anniversary Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. ABC announced Thursday, April 28, that Baldwin will be quizmaster for a revival of “Match Game.” First aired a half-century ago, it’s a panel game show that features two contestants who compete to match the answers from six celebrities in filling in a missing blank. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) (Andy Kropa)FILE – In this April 10, 2014 file photo, Alec Baldwin arrives 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival’s Opening Night Gala at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Baldwin and Shia LaBeouf never ended up sharing a Broadway stage as planned last year, but real-life dramatics landed both of them Thursday in a distinctly less celebrated venue: Manhattan courts. Both stars appeared in crowded downtown courtrooms, a few blocks apart, in separate disorderly conduct cases: LaBeouf charged with allegedly disrupting a Broadway performance, and Baldwin accused of getting belligerent with police who said they stopped him for riding a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street. (Photo by Annie I. Bang /Invision/AP, File) (Annie I. Bang)
