By Benjamin Fractenberg and Michael Ventura
DNAinfo Staff
MANHATTAN — A man accused of brutally stabbing his 82-year-old aunt in the head during a robbery at her Harlem apartment is in custody, police said.
Larry Brown, 57, allegedly slashed Mazie Garris multiple times on Monday in her West 139th Street home on Strivers Row, where she lives with her husband Boatman.
"Oh, I'm so relieved," the victim said, according to the Daily News, upon learning the news. "That's just great news! Great news!...That man needs to be behind bars for what he did."
Around 9:30 a.m., a woman went to the 32nd Precinct stationhouse and said that Brown was near 137th Street and Lenox Avenue, the News said. A short time later, cops found him.
"I'm the guy you're looking for," he told them, according to the paper. "I was going to turn myself in."
Residents described Brown as a homeless man who often did chores for people around the neighborhood, including his aunt.
Garris "would bring him in and give him food," said neighbor Kate Lewis, 68, who has known the Garris family for decades. "He's their nephew; that makes it worse."
Police said Brown had not yet been charged.
