Crime & Safety
Parolee Arrested For Chinatown Stabbing
The man is accused of stabbing a 58-year-old woman in front of a bakery.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A man accused of stabbing a woman in San Francisco's Chinatown on Monday has been charged with multiple felonies, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Fook Poy Lai, 61, allegedly stabbed a 58-year-old woman in front of a bakery in Chinatown, leaving her "seriously injured," prosecutors said.
Lai is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, battery causing serious bodily injury, false imprisonment and second-degree burglary, the District Attorney's Office said.
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At about 9:50 a.m. Monday, police responded to a business in the 1000 block of Stockton Street on a report of a stabbing. The victim was found suffering from an apparent stab wound.
Lai was taken into custody on Monday. Prosecutors said Lai was on parole for an attempted murder conviction in 2016 for stabbing an elderly man in Portsmouth Square in San Francisco. He was given nine years in prison.
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Prosecutors have asked to have Lai held with no bail and to have his probation revoked, the District Attorney's Office said. If convicted, he is facing a life sentence.
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