Montclair Police Seeking Park Slasher

The Montclair Police Department has released an artist’s rendering of a man suspected of slashing a woman in Nishuane Park on July 23. [See above photo]

Responding to the intersection of Cedar Avenue and High Street on a report of a screaming female around 10:45 p.m., police found a 41-year-old Newark woman with lacerations on her body.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the woman was “assaulted with an unknown weapon,” police stated.

Emergency responders transported the woman to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Police are seeking a tall, black male around 40-years-old, who was last seen traveling south on High Street in a “newer model,” red, two-door vehicle.

The investigation is currently ongoing. Anyone with information should contact the Montclair Police Department at 973-744-1234.