Well Dressed Man Stabs Dry Cleaner

The manager of an East 57th Street dry cleaning store was stabbed by a "nattily" dressed man yesterday morning. The victim, Louis Luciano, had opened the Meurice Garment Care when a man came in and asked for some tailoring (conflicting reports about whether it was for a button to be sewn or for pants to be shortened). Luciano explained they didn't do tailoring - only for the man to demand money as he held a knife. Luciano handed over a couple hundred dollars, but the man yelled "That's not enough!" and drove a 4-inch knife into Luciano's stomach. The Post makes a point about Luciano's build being what saved him (the Post describes him as "burly" while the Daily News referred to his "round belly") plus the fact he didn't take the knife out, which is a First Aid basic.

Luciano graciously said that he was glad he was stabbed and not the female co-worker who usually has the morning shift (he switched in order to make a doctor's appointment). The robber is still on the loose. The Meurice Garment Care hadn't installed a surveillance camera.

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By Jen Chung in News on May 17, 2006 9:06 AM

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arvinlexor123

Clothes that need to be dry cleaned are usually the more fancy, fashionable clothes. Now I get that you probably aren’t in to fashion since you’re a guy, but for us girls, it’s pretty hard to ignore a beautiful silk dress. I like this article and I find it very useful.

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arvinlexor123

Clothes that need to be dry cleaned are usually the more fancy, fashionable clothes. Now I get that you probably aren’t in to fashion since you’re a guy, but for us girls, it’s pretty hard to ignore a beautiful silk dress. I like this article and I find it very useful.
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JT

Hmmm... I remember seeing a "nattily" dressed man in the village a couple of weeks ago. He was a pretty weird guy, I must say.

SATAN

Eric - the Gothamist "editors", Jen and and Jake went to Columboa, and as you can see by their posts, they make multiple spelling and grammar mistakes, so it seems you need to check yo'self.

Columbia and NYU at this point are simply names you pay to have on your transcript; you can get ajust as good of an education at Hunter (and sometimes better) for a fraction of the price, especially in the graduate programs.

homeopt

nisey79, turn on the Comedy Channel and just chill for a couple of hours, ok ?

nisey79

homeopt:

As someone who earned her B.A. at CUNY (and is currently pursuing a M.S. there, too), I found your comment inflammatory and unnecessary.

Instead of educating Eric about the meaning of the word "nattily", you made a character attack against an institution (that Eric may or may not be affiliated with, I might add), rather than addressing the topic at hand.

mattb

who's JO MAMM and vanessa?

by the way: PERC = perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene = carcinogenic solvent used as cleaning agent during dry cleaning. the use of these solvents for over 50 years has created huge environmental problem across the country. can seep through concrete and migrate to the subsurface, polluting groundwater. if you care, support dry cleaners who have changed over to bio-friendly non-chlorinated solvents, like DX2000.

homeopt

Eric, let me guess....CUNY graduate ?

eric

since when does "nattily" mean "well-dressed?" Quite the opposite i thought.

knife

I wouldn't say pulling the knife back out is a first aid basic. You could do more damage. Luciano was pretty tough to keep that thing in there!