There It Is: Barber Says Salon Robber Was A Good Kid

Winston Cox

Looks like that comment from Winston Cox's mother wasn't all that representative, because a few barbers that knew Cox now say they didn't suspect he would attempt robbery or murder. Cox had gone to Cle's Cuts since he was a small child, arriving with his father, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. Cox's father died when he was 6, but Cox returned to Cle's a few days before his robbery attempt for a cut, and asked if the barber recognized him. Owner Cle Haynesworth told the Daily News, "He didn't look like that type of person. You think that he was one of the good kids."

Cox reportedly patiently waited for his haircut from the shop's other barber, Sheraud Evans, who said, "He act like everything was real cool with him. He gets his haircut and leaves." Haynseworth said he was "always a quiet kid," and seemed much the same as when he would walk in beside his dad, who was in a wheelchair. Evans then recalled seeing Cox's mugshot in the paper at the local bodega, and said, "You can't save all of them, but the ones that want to listen do." Cox has now been charged with attempted murder and robbery.

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By Jaya Saxena in News on October 26, 2010 2:13 PM

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OSN!

Let's see, a few standing headlines:

He was just turning his life around

He was working on getting his GED

He lived for his new baby son

YES....He was an aspiring rapper

He attended church every Sunday

MT

I'm sure he was an aspiring rapper and/or basketball player too.

six_local

Oh I get it. Because he's black.

Hahaha

NlGGAZ

what the hell iz dey teaching deze kids nowadays in da streetz? In my day, we'd rob people who DIDN'T know who we were ever since we wuz a kid. You know a white kid would have been on the other side of town from his neighborhood robbing some complete stranger with a snooki mask on.

fuboy

I'd say you need to take a deep breath and read the article again, but this isn't explained well.

He stopped off at a barber shop, Cle's Cuts, where people recognized him and knew him from his youth. He tried to hold up a beauty parlor, Sabine's Hallway, where people did not know him.

rammyh

I looked up the addresses - Cle's is 355 Franklin Ave.

Sabine's is 320 Franklin Ave.

So, the boy tried to rob a place 4 doors down from where he's known. Moriarty he ain't.