Man ‘poured liquid on the victim’s shoes and then demanded money’
An argument outside the Presbytere turned violent when one man pulled out a knife and stabbed another, New Orleans police said Saturday (Aug. 18). It was one of two major crimes reported in the French Quarter in six hours.
Police said Clifford Holcomb, 54, and a 34-year-old man were arguing Friday at about 1 p.m. at St. Ann Street and Place Jean Paul Deux when Holcomb produced a pocketknife and stabbed the man in the left hand. Police arrested Holcomb at the scene, and Emergency Medical Services took the victim to a hospital.
At about 5:40 p.m. in the 500 block of Decatur Street, an unknown man and woman approached two women, ages 21 and 22. The man « poured liquid on the victim’s shoes and then demanded money, » police said in a preliminary report. The women handed over $52. The robbers left.
No further information was immediately released by police.
