After Slashing Victim's Face, Suspect Hopped Grand Central Train: NRPD

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A slashing in New Rochelle led to a suspect who made his escape on Metro-North, according to police.

The New Rochelle Police Department says that officers responded to Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital on Monday, around 6:52 p.m., after receiving a report of a walk-in slashing victim.

Once on the scene, officers found a 34-year-old man with a severe laceration to the left side of his face, from near the ear to near the mouth, which required around 60 stitches.

Police say the victim was uncooperative, and refused to provide details about the incident or the location it took place.

Soon after officers left the hospital, dispatch received a call from MTA police at Grand Central Station. They informed NRPD that 26-year-old Dante Frazier, of Cambria Heights, approached them and confessed to slashing the victim at Guion Place, in New Rochelle, and provided the pocket knife he used in the attack.

New Rochelle detectives responded to the apparent crime scene at Guion Place, where they found blood evidence on the sidewalk. Officers took Frazier to New Rochelle Police Department headquarters for further interview.

An investigation determined that Frazier and the victim knew one another, and had engaged in a heated verbal argument, during which Frazier is believed to have slashed the victim in the face before fleeing to Grand Central Station, police said.

Frazier was charged with felony first-degree assault and misdemeanor fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The New Rochelle Police Department says that the investigation into this incident remains ongoing. They ask that anyone with additional information about the slashing to contact the department at (914) 654-2300 or anonymously at (914) 632-COPS.