Alec Baldwin Denies Throwing Punch ... In Parking Spot Fight 
 
 Alec Baldwin Denies Punching Man in Fight Over Parking Spot 
 
 Exclusive Details 
 
 7:11 PM PT ﻿-- ﻿Alec has denied the allegations on Twitter, stating, "Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today's story. However, the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false. I wanted to go on the record stating as such." ﻿ 
 
 1:30 PM PT -- Baldwin was just released and said nothing as he left the police station. 
 
 12:56 PM PT -- Baldwin has been charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment. He was given a desk appearance ticket. Alec Baldwin was arrested in NYC Friday morning ... TMZ has learned. 
 
 Witnesses tell us ... the actor got into an argument with another man over a parking spot near 10th Street and 5th Avenue. Our law enforcement sources tell us Alec had a friend holding the spot for him, but the other man swooped in. 
 
 We're told Baldwin became irate, an argument ensued, and Baldwin punched the man in the jaw. The alleged victim, a 49-year-old male, was taken to the hospital. 
 
 One witness tells us Alec yelled "F**k off" during the fight. Cops were called and Alec was arrested. Baldwin lives in the area. 
 
 Of course, he openly detests and mocks President Trump while playing him on 'SNL' -- so, not surprisingly, the Prez weighed in on the arrest. What is shocking is how reserved he was. 
 
 WATCH: President Trump responds when asked about Alec Baldwin being arrested in New York City. https://t.co/dbv4W9Cr9W pic.twitter.com/LmYYX7KHEt — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 2, 2018 
 
 Originally Published -- 11:35 AM PDT 

 UPDATED: Alec Baldwin was taken into police custody in New York on Friday and charged with assault and harassment after allegedly punching a man in a fight over a parking spot in Manhattan. Baldwin has denied the charge and called the situation “egregiously misstated.” 
 
 A law enforcement source confirmed to Variety that Baldwin was taken into custody on Friday after a dispute with another adult man over a parking space in West Village. Baldwin is believed to have struck the other man, and was subsequently placed under arrest, while the victim was taken to a local hospital. Baldwin has since been released from custody. 
 
 In a statement via Twitter, Baldwin wrote: “The assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false.” 
 
 1- Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today’s story. 
 
 However, the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false. 
 
 I wanted to go on the record stating as much. 
 
 I realize that it has become a sport to tag people w as many negative — HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 2, 2018 
 
 2- negative charges and defaming allegations as possible for the purposes of clickbait entertainment. Fortunately, no matter how reverberating the echos, it doesn’t make the statements true. — HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 2, 2018 
 
 Baldwin is currently recurring on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as President Donald Trump. NBC had no comment on the arrest. He also has “Match Game” and talk show “The Alec Baldwin Show” on ABC. ABC said the latter will continue to air on Sundays as scheduled and had no further comment. 
 
 It’s not the first time Baldwin has run into trouble with the law. He was charged with battery, and later acquitted, in a case involving a photographer in the ’90s. He was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2014. 
 
 Baldwin was also photographed in an apparent public altercation with paparazzi in New York in 2013. A police report, however, was not filed in that case. 
 
 Trump, who has feuded with Baldwin in the past over the actor’s “SNL” impression, said “I wish him luck” when asked about the arrest by reporters on Friday afternoon, according to NBC. 
 
 Reps for Baldwin declined to comment on the arrest.
– Have you been pining for the good old days when Alec Baldwin was in the news for his off-screen antics? If so, your time has come. The Donald Trump impersonator was arrested Friday in New York City after he allegedly punched a man in the jaw over a parking space, TMZ reports, adding that a witness says the actor also advised the alleged victim, a 49-year-old man who was reportedly taken to the hospital, to "f--k off" during the affray. Apparently, Baldwin's buddy was holding the parking spot near 10th Street and 5th Avenue when the other man took it. As Variety notes, this is far from Baldwin's first episode of acting out in public. In the '90s, he was charged with battery in a case involving a photographer (he was later acquitted). More recently, he starred in: Alec Baldwin arrested for riding a bike the wrong direction on 5th Avenue without ID; Alec Baldwin pins a photographer to the hood of a car; and Alec Baldwin kicked off of a flight for refusing to shut off his cell phone while playing Words with Friends.