Resume says Monsey ‘stabber’ Grafton Thomas was ‘open-minded,’ Marine wannabe

Accused Monsey machete fiend Grafton Thomas drafted a hand-written resume that says he’s “highly motivated” and “open minded” — and also claims he learned “mental discipline” during basic training for the Marines, The Post has learned.

The brief life summary — a photo of which was obtained exclusively by The Post — is penned in black ink on a sheet of lined, three-ring notebook paper.

It was found among what Thomas’ lawyer, Michael Sussman, described as a “huge amount” of rambling notes and other writing that Grafton — who Sussman described as suffering from depression and pyschosis — compiled since the late 1980s.

The introduction to Grafton’s resume describes him as a “Highly motivated, openminded, flexible, athletic indivisual [sic], seeking positive and challenging experiences in life.”

In the “Education” section, he claims to have been the “school president” of since-shuttered David Ruggles Junior High School in Brooklyn, but incorrectly lists its school number as 238 instead of 258.

Grafton’s resume also claims he was a Marine Corps recruit from November 2002 through January 2003 in Parris Island, South Carolina, with the words “Boot camp” crossed out and replaced with “Marine Corp Recruiting Depot.”

The absence of any subsequent deployment suggests that if Grafton actually attended basic training, he did not complete it.

Nonetheless, he lists his Marine Corps achievements as “mental discipline,” “Survival skills,” “Teamwork” and “learned How to function under pressure.”

A spokeswoman for the Marines said she couldn’t confirm or deny Thomas’ claim without being provided additional, confidential information to establish his identity.

The resume and other documents were left behind after the FBI raided the upstate Greenwood Lake home that Grafton shared with him mom before his arrest for allegedly stabbing and slashing five Orthodox Jews at a Hanukkah party on Saturday night.

Authorities claim to have found journals that contain anti-Semitic statements, which led to the filing of federal hate-crime charges against Grafton on Monday.

In addition to the resume, Thomas listed four references, one of whom, Joseph Burden, said he was Grafton’s coach on the “Bed-Stuy Kings” neighborhood football team nearly two decades ago and recalled helping out when Grafton was busted in the late 1990s for possessing a handgun he found in the street.

“He picked it up and tried to take it to his own precinct and got picked up before he got there,” Burden said.

“I talked to the judge and the DA and told them this is a stupid adolescent mistake. I wrote a letter saying he was a good kid … They said if he stayed out of trouble they would close the file. Not long after that, we won the championship in 2000.”

Burden — whose listing as a reference includes a made-up address in Brooklyn — said Grafton “was a running back, a fullback, nose tackle and defensive end.”

“He was a good player. In high school he was a good student. He graduated and was going to college. At one time, he thought about going into the Marine Corps,” he said.

“I had him when he was 18 years old. It hurts my heart. It’s almost 20 years to the day, the last time I saw him. He was a good kid then but life has its twists and turns.”

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