A 31-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested after a “random and unprovoked” stabbing assault on a teenage woman as she stood along with her mom at a Greenback Tree retailer, police stated.
The assault befell at roughly 12:38 p.m. on Thursday when cops from the Barnstable Police Division have been dispatched to a Greenback Tree retailer in Hyannis, Massachusetts, to a report of a stabbing, in accordance with an announcement from the Barnstable Police Division on Thursday.
In response to witnesses, 31-year-old Nikolas Rescigno of Hyannis, Massachusetts, reportedly “approached the juvenile feminine from behind within the lobby of the shop and with out warning stabbed her within the decrease bottom as she stood subsequent to her mom,” authorities stated.
“Rescigno is unknown to the sufferer and this assault seems to be random and unprovoked,” the Barnstable Police Division stated. “Additionally, in accordance with the witnesses, Rescigno stayed on scene within the lobby staring on the sufferer and finally dropped the knife upon request from a bystander.”
A 31-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested after a “random and unprovoked” stabbing assault on a teenage woman as she stood along with her mom at a Greenback Tree retailer, police stated.
Fb / Barnstable Police Division
Barnstable Police Officers have been capable of take Rescigno into custody with out additional incident.
The unnamed teenage sufferer was transported to a neighborhood hospital by Barnstable Fireplace Division Rescue personnel and is at the moment being handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
Rescigno was booked and charged with assault and battery with a harmful weapon with severe bodily damage and an extra excellent warrant for failing to seem in courtroom from one other incident involving a knife on the Cape Cod Mall in Could 2023.
Bail for Rescigno was set by the bail Justice of the Peace at $5000 and he’s scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Courtroom on Friday.
The investigation into the assault is at the moment ongoing.
