*** WATCH *** JUVENILE FEMALE SUDDENLY STABBED BY RANDOM 31-YEAR-OLD MALE [NEW DETAILS]
BPD UPDATE – 11/7/24 @ 6:24 P.M. –
31-Year-Old Hyannis Man Arrested For Stabbing Young Female
On Thursday November 7, 2024 at approximately 12:38 PM…
31-year-old Nikolas Rescigno of Hyannis, was arrested for stabbing a teenage female at the Dollar Tree Store in Hyannis. Barnstable Police Officers were dispatched to the Dollar Tree Store where Rescigno was taken into custody without further incident. The young female was transported to a local hospital by Barnstable Fire Department Rescue personnel where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
According to witnesses, Rescigno approached the juvenile female from behind in the foyer of the store and without warning stabbed her in the lower backside as she stood next to her mother. Rescigno is unknown to the victim and this attack appears to be random and unprovoked. Also, according to the witnesses, Rescigno stayed on scene in the foyer staring at the victim and eventually dropped the knife upon request from a bystander.
Nikolas Rescigno was transported to the Barnstable Police facility, where he was booked and charged with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon with Serious Bodily Injury and an additional outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court from another incident involving a knife at the Cape Cod Mall in May of 2023.
Bail for Rescigno was set by the bail magistrate at $5000. Rescigno is scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Friday 11/8/24.
INITIAL HN VIDEO AND REPORT:
BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – At around 12:40 p.m. today – Thursday, November 7, 2024 – Barnstable Police patrol officers rushed to the Dollar Tree store in the Festival Plaza after receiving a number of 911 calls that a juvenile female had just been stabbed and the suspect was still in the doorway of the store. According to sources, the juvenile female was suddenly stabbed in the buttocks when a random stranger approached and attacked her without provocation. The man was reportedly not known by the girl and there apparently was no motivation, according to sources.
The juvenile female was transported to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment of what is believed to be a non-life-threatening stab wound… [DEVELOPING]
As you will hear in the following HN video which contains reader cellphone video and HN recordings of police radio transmissions, a 31-year-old male was taken into custody and transported back to BPD Headquarters. The male suspect reportedly had an outstanding arrest warrant for allegedly not showing up to court on a previous matter. The male suspect was reportedly involved in another separate knife-involved incident where he allegedly threatened another in May of 2023, according to sources.
HN has reached out to police officials and will provide updates and/or clarifications to this story as they become available… [DEVELOPING]
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* The initial details contained in the above report are based on police radio transmissions and information from sources. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
