Crime & Safety
Kips Bay Slashing: 53-Year-Old Man Arrested For Bloody Robbery
Breaking: The man walked into a Kips Bay tailor shop earlier this week, slashed a worker and made off with cash.
KIPS BAY, NY — A 53-year-old man has been arrested in the bloody slashing of a 78-year-old Kips Bay tailor earlier this week, the NYPD said.
John Franklyn was arrested late Wednesday night and charged with attempted murder, robbery, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
He lives on East 30th St. between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive, police said.
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The man allegedly walked into the tailor shop Monday afternoon and slashed the worker before making off with $80 in cash.
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