Teenage Girl Stabbed By Man At Cape Cod Dollar Store

Crime & Safety

Teenage Girl Stabbed By Man At Cape Cod Dollar Store A Hyannis man faces charges after what police called a random stabbing inside the store. It's his second case involving a knife since 2023.

HYANNIS, MA — A teenage girl was stabbed without warning while shopping with her mother at a dollar store on Cape Cod. The 31-year-old man police said performed the attack faces multiple charges.

On Thursday around 12:30 p.m., Nikolas Rescigno, of Hyannis, was arrested for stabbing a teenage female at the Dollar Tree Store in Hyannis.

Barnstable police were dispatched to the Dollar Tree Store where Rescigno was taken into custody without further incident. The teenager 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 teen from behind in the foyer of the store and, without warning, stabbed her in the lower back as she stood next to her mother, police said.

Rescigno is unknown to the victim and this attack appears to be random and unprovoked, they added.

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.

Rescigno was taken 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 at $5,000. Rescigno is scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Friday.