Suspected Killer 'Didn't Mean To Hurt Anyone'

Before entering into a bizarre tale of childhood molestation and family tribulations, the accused killer of an Upper East Side therapist told investigators on the day he was arrested that he "didn't mean to hurt anyone," according to court documents released yesterday.

The documentation of David Tarloff's conversation with police on February 16, the day he was arrested for allegedly killing Kathryn Faughey with a meat cleaver, was made public as he was arraigned in state Supreme Court on first-degree murder charges. Judge Charles Solomon temporarily denied a motion presented by the defendant's lawyer, Bryan Konoski, to have him moved to Bellevue Hospital Center from Rikers Island.

According to the documentation, Mr. Tarloff appeared to be "coherent and lucid" when he made statements to police implicating himself in the killing of Faughey.

He told investigators how Dr. Kent Shinbach, the man who shared an office with Faughey and was believed to be the intended target of Mr. Tarloff's rampage, first treated him at a mental hospital in 1991.

"Dr. Shinbach is alive, right," he stated, according to the documents, before telling investigators he didn't care and that the doctor "should go to hell."

Mr. Tarloff also told investigators that a man sexually molested him when he was 5 years old. Later in the conversation, Mr. Tarloff said he was woken up in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted by his grandmother.

Friends and family of Faughey looked on in court yesterday.

"We're all just devastated and we want to see that justice is done for my sister," Owen Faughey said after the arraignment.

Mr. Tarloff is expected to be back in court April 15.