Arrest Made In North Ave. Road Rage Slashing: NRPD

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — New Rochelle police, with the help of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, have nabbed a suspect in connection with a Feb. 24 road rage incident.

New Rochelle police were called to the 300 block of North Ave on a report of stabbing just after 3:30 p.m. The victim, a woman in her twenties, had been cut on the abdomen with a blade. Her injuries required emergency medical attention.

Investigators said the slashing appeared to be the result of a road rage altercation, in which a verbal dispute escalated. The suspect, later identified as Michael Thunderhorse, got out of his car and stabbed the unarmed victim in the stomach, police said.

New Rochelle police detectives and federal agents tracked Thunderhorse to his Greenburgh home. On Monday, New Rochelle detectives, the FBI and Greenburgh police officers arrested the 56-year-old suspect without incident after he left his home in the morning.

Thunderhorse now faces felony assault and weapons charges in connection with the attack.