UPDATE: Beachwood Man Charged With Assault After Cutting Teen's Face: Police

BEACHWOOD, NJ - Police here have charged a 22-year-old borough man with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose after he slashed a teenager's face while she was sitting in a vehicle, according to the department's Facebook page.

The teenager was in the vehicle with two other passengers when a "verbal altercation" occurred between the occupants and Anthony Chalen, police said.

"As a result the suspect approached the vehicle and cut the victim on the side of the face and began to run off," according to the Facebook post.

The victim suffered a long, deep laceration on the side of her face and was treated and released at Community Medical Center in Toms River, Beachwood Lt. Glen DeMarco said.

The victim and Chalen did not appear to know each other, he said.

"We don't believe they did," DeMarco said. "This was a one-time incident. It was a random act of violence."

Beachwood officers responded to the area of the 100 block of Beachwood Boulevard at 3 p.m. on Oct. 22 on a report of a possible assault, but found no victim and "limited information."

"The parties chased the suspect to the area on the 100 block of Beachwood Boulevard where they confronted the suspect," the report states.

The victim then left the scene with the vehicle's passengers. Chalen fled to a store on the corner of Route 166 and Beachwood police, where he was apprehended by police.

Chalen - who had no prior criminal record - was lodged in the Ocean County Jail in Toms River. He was released on Monday night, DeMarco said.

Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact Detective Allen Magory at 732-286-6000 ext. 191.

Photo: Courtesy of Beachwood Police Department