Crime & Safety
18-Year-Old Arrested In Roosevelt Field Slashing: Police
The man was charged with slashing a woman in the face, police say.
GARDEN CITY, NY — A Williston Park man who is accused of slashing a woman in Roosevelt Field Mall was arrested and charged, Nassau County Police said.
Verlain Beauge, 18, was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon on Tuesday, police said.
On Monday, at about 4:20 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was walking on the mall's second floor when a man struck her with a knife.
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The man then fled the scene. The woman suffered a large laceration to her left cheek and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, police said.
Police told News 12 the attack was targeted.
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Beauge was previously arrested on Jan. 23 and released without bail and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, and arrested on March 3 and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said.
He will be arraigned on Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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