BARNSTABLE – Barnstable Police responded to the area of the Dollar Tree store at the Festival Plaza off Route 132 for a reported stabbing about 12:30 PM Thursday. According to reports, a suspect was detained at the scene. The victim was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
Nikolas Rescigno
Barnstable Police/CWN
From Barnstable Police: On Thursday November 7, 2024 at approximately 12:38 PM, 31-year-old Nikolas Rescigno of Hyannis, was arrested for stabbing a teenage female at the Dollar Tree Store in Hyannis. Barnstable Police Officers were dispatched to the Dollar Tree Store where Rescigno was taken into custody without further incident. The young female was transported to a local hospital by Barnstable Fire Department Rescue personnel where she is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
According to witnesses, Rescigno approached the juvenile female from behind in the foyer of the store and without warning stabbed her in the lower backside as she stood next to her mother. Rescigno is unknown to the victim and this attack appears to be random and unprovoked. Also, according to the witnesses, Rescigno stayed on scene in the foyer staring at the victim and eventually dropped the knife upon request from a bystander.
Nikolas Rescigno was transported to the Barnstable Police facility, where he was booked and charged with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon with Serious Bodily Injury and an additional outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court from another incident involving a knife at the Cape Cod Mall in May of 2023.
Bail for Rescigno was set by the bail magistrate at $5,000. Rescigno is scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Friday.
