90-year-old NYC candy legend brutalized outside East Village shop he's run for last half-century, police say. Here's what we know so far
Someone accosted a 90-year-old Manhattan candy store legend after soliciting him on the street earlier this week, threatening to kill him and beating him bloody outside the East Village shop he has run the last 50 years, police say.
The attacker then hit Alvarez on the left side of his head and face with an object described as being a belt with a heavy rock on the end. The 90-year-old was left bleeding as the suspect ran off along Avenue A. EV Grieve says Alvarez had walked outside for some air with another employee and spotted two men known to sell seltzer water in the area.According to the narrative he told the blog
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