NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Police Department has announced that 33-year-old Rodlin Gravesande has been arrested for a chemical attack against a New York City nurse that took place oin December 2nd.
The nurse, who was on her way to work her shift was confronted by Gravesande on the southbound platform inside the Nostrand Avenue and Winthrop Street subway station at around 1 am.
According to police, Gravesande, of Atlanta, Georgia, then splashed an unknown chemical on the nurse’s face causing severe burns. She fled the scene.
.The victim was removed to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi in critical but stable condition with burns to the left side of the face.
Since December, police have been working to identify the attacker and on Friday, at around 9:00 pm, she was arrested in Fulton County, Georgia, by the regional SWAT team.
She was charged with assault.