Woman sentenced for throwing acid in subway passenger's face at Winthrop Street station – NBC New York

A woman was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after throwing acid in the face of a subway passenger in an unprovoked attack at a Brooklyn station, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney.

Rodlin Gravesande was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the December 2022 incident that left the victim with second and third degree burns on the left side of his face. Gravesande was convicted of first- and second-degree assault in May.

The attack occurred after the victim, a 21-year-old woman, was on her way to work at Kings County Hospital aboard a southbound No. 2 train just before 1 a.m. on the 2 December 2022, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. While on the train, Gravesande began shouting, threatening and pushing passengers on the subway for several minutes, before turning towards the victim.

The train stopped shortly after at the Winthrop Street station in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, where the victim got off, followed by Gravesande. The two men exchanged words on the platform, the prosecutor said, before the victim tried to walk away. But Gravesande punched her in the head, and when she headed towards the stairs, Gravesande followed her.

She then took out a bottle of sulfuric acid and threw it in the victim's face, according to the investigation. Gravesande, 34, fled the station immediately afterwards.

The victim ran from the police station to the hospital where she worked. She was transferred to the burn unit at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx for treatment.

Since the attack, the victim has benefited from nose and lip reconstruction, as well as multiple skin grafts. As a result of the burns she suffered, the victim has permanent facial scars.

Gravesande fled to Atlanta but was extradited to Brooklyn in January 2023. Information from his attorney was not immediately available.