Suspect arrested apparently at random outside CNBC headquarters

A man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a 30-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times last week outside CNBC headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Harshkumar H. Patel, 29, was arrested Saturday following a police investigation into the attack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella's office said in a news release.

Patel faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, one count of second-degree aggravated assault, one count of third-degree possession of a weapon and one count of fourth-degree possession of a weapon.

The stabbing occurred at 5:34 p.m. Friday near the newspaper building in New Jersey, officials said. Detectives said Patel approached the woman while she was in a vehicle leaving a parking lot on Sylvan Avenue, according to the prosecutor's office.

“The suspect stabbed the victim several times through the open window of the victim’s vehicle before fleeing,” the statement said.

It appears the woman did not know Patel and the attack was unprovoked, the statement said.

A probable cause affidavit obtained by NorthJersey.com says Patel approached the woman and asked, “Are you from CNBC?” » He then attacked her after she confirmed that she was, according to the outlet.

CNBC is owned by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.

Authorities did not identify the woman or her place of employment. She was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was treated and released, the prosecutor's office said.

The woman had multiple stab wounds to her upper left arm, according to a complaint filed in the case.

The complaint also states that surveillance video captured footage of the incident and that a witness captured the license plate of the alleged attacker's car. That information, along with the woman's description of her attacker, led authorities to Patel, according to the complaint.

Patel was in custody at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center on Sunday and is expected to make an initial appearance via video conference on Thursday. It is unclear whether he has retained an attorney.