Photos Released Of Man Who Slashed Woman In Williamsburg: Cops

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police have released photos of a man who slashed a woman across the face on Sunday after she denied his sexual advances on a street in Williamsburg.

Dana Sagona, a 31-year-old librarian, told the Daily News that she was waiting for a Lyft near Boerum and White Street early Sunday morning when the man approached her.

“He said I was pretty, then asked me if I was scared,” she said. “I said, ‘No,’ and then he grabbed me by the neck, maybe the shoulder...I felt like I was going to be raped.”

The stranger flew into a violent rage and whipped out a makeshift blade as Sagona tried to get away. He sliced the left side of her face, just narrowly missing her eye, the report said.

Police said Sagona, who was not identified by name in the police report, was later taken by EMS to the hospital for the "large laceration." The News reported that she needed 44 stitches on her cheek.

Police said the man appears to be in his 40s.

Sagona said he first passed by her as she waited on the street, but then doubled back to try and talk to her, she said.

“He looked me up and down again and pretended to be on his phone,” she said. “He was saying, ‘I’m looking at this beautiful woman. I’m going to marry her.’”

The man ran off with her phone and backpack, including her keys, a MetroCard and a wallet worth $600,she said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

Photos from NYPD.