New Jersey town increasing police presence after violent liquor store attack

LINDEN, New Jersey (WABC) — A brutal assault at a liquor retailer in New Jersey was caught on digicam and police have launched video of the suspect they’re searching for.

The assault occurred at Beno’s Liquor retailer on North Wooden Avenue in Linden on November 30.

The suspect apparently didn’t manage to pay for when shopping for liquor and began hurling giant bottles of wine at three clerks.

Two staff suffered accidents and the assault brought on $3,000 value of injury.

The person walked out with a number of bottles of alcohol he was after, authorities stated.

Police posted video of the incident on their social media searching for assist figuring out the person.

The clerk who was attacked was not comfy talking on digicam, however an everyday buyer stated it is a calm down and issues like that usually do not occur.

“It is most likely apparent that he has some form of psychological well being points, I do not need to speculate however that appears to be what occurred,” Linden Mayor Derek Armstead stated.

The mayor of Linden went to the shop to spend time with the clerk who informed him there had been issues.

“They did point out that these days they’ve had a number of conditions inside the shop,” Armstead stated.

The shop is in a well-liked and busy purchasing stretch just some hundred ft away from the trains.

Armstead stated crime is just not out of hand in Linden, although it has its share, however they’re including extra safety to hopefully forestall points.

“Going ahead we’ll be certain that we now have an even bigger police presence on Wooden Avenue, in reality what we’re doing with our our rookie cops, we’re having them stroll the beat right here to extend the police presence on Wooden Avenue,” Armstead stated.

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