NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — City police have booked a man who they claim attacked someone outside a Rutgers University house party.

The New Brunswick Police Department has arrested Robert Mannifield, 20, of North Brunswick, according to a crime alert. The announcement didn't say when or how cops took him in.

Mannifield was arrested in connection with an attack that occurred last weekend near an off-campus party on Delafield Street, between Courtland and Bristol streets. That area is prime Rutgers country, a stone's throw from Easton Avenue and home to many students.

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The suspect allegedly used a sharp object to attack someone who's “affiliated with Rutgers” just after 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, university cops previously said. The incident followed a verbal fight, police said.

Rutgers affiliates are typically students, but they could be professors or employees.

Mannifield is facing aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose charges, according to today's alert.

The victim, whose identity wasn't released, received treatment for non-life-threatening injuries from a local hospital.

New Brunswick police want anyone with information or who was in the area at that time to call the detective bureau at 732-745-5217.



