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First Posted: 4/12/2012 WILKES-BARRE TWP. &amp;#8211; Kerwin Gobin initially claimed he was mugged by a muscular man driving a green-colored vehicle on Blackman Street on Sunday. 
An investigation and blood found inside a blue car allegedly showed Gobin was the offender. 
Gobin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arraigned by District Judge Michael Dotzel on four counts of robbery, and one count each of aggravated assault, simple assault, theft and terroristic threats. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail. 
According to the criminal complaint: 
Gobin was found by a homeowner on Blackman Street on Sunday morning bleeding from his neck just before 10 a.m. Gobin told police he was walking when he was attacked by a knife-wielding man driving a green-colored vehicle. 
Township police said they were unable to find any evidence or blood spatter on the ground where Gobin claimed he was stabbed. 
Gobin was treated at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township, police said. 
When township police relayed to Luzerne County 911 about the green car, they learned Brett Taylor was at the Wilkes-Barre City Police Headquarters reporting he was robbed at knifepoint on Blackman Street. 
Taylor, who was treated at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for injuries to his hand, said he was giving Gobin a ride home when Gobin pulled a knife and demanded money on Blackman Street in the area of Skateway, the complaint says. 
Taylor said he struggled with Gobin over the knife that cut his hand. 
Township police said there was blood spattered inside Taylor's blue car. 
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 18 before Dotzel.

Man who said he was victim charged