Police have made an arrest in a vicious slashing last Saturday on E. Sixth St. that left the victim with a gash from his ear to his mouth that required 150 stitches to close.
On Thursday police announced that, pursuant to an investigation, Francis Salud, 28, had been arrested at 11:30 a.m. that day near a family member’s home at 89 E. Fourth St. and Second Ave. He was charged with assault.
On Sat., Jan. 16, at 4:30 p.m., Anthony Christian-Smith, a 30-year-old social worker from Newark, N.J., was assaulted and slashed as he walked on E. Sixth St. According to the New York Post the incident occurred in front of 608 E. Sixth St.
The The attacker knocked the victim to the ground and cut him with an unknown object. The victim suffered a large laceration to the right side of his face and a small laceration to his back.
The Daily News reported that Christian-Smith was in surgery for eight hours as doctors worked to save the nerves in his face.
Police called it a random attack.
Salud reportedly has a history of psychiatric illness and has previously been arrested on assault and weapon possession charges, according to police.
The Post reported that Salud was arrested in October for slashing a man in the side in a courtyard at Bellevue over a fight over a cigarette. The victim in that case needed 73 stitches. Salad was released from jail on $30,000 bail after that attack.
