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by Katie Rogers
Issue date: 10/23/07 Section: News
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT K-MART IN COLLEGE SQUARE
On Sunday at approximately 10 p.m., two unknown suspects attempted to rob the K-Mart store in College Square, Cpl. Paul Keld of the Newark Police Department said.
The victim, a 48-year-old female employee said she was exiting an office after closing when one of the suspects grabbed her arm and pointed a handgun at her. The victim screamed, and the two suspects ran out of the store, Keld said.
The Newark Police Department attempted a K-9 track which was unsuccessful and then turned over the case to detectives, he said.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED IN BASEBALL BAT ASSAULT
This past Saturday, two 18-year-old males were attacked with a baseball bat in the Scholar Drive parking lot at 3:29 a.m., Keld said.
The victims claimed they were visiting friends in the lot when two 21-year-old university students approached them. The two groups engaged in a verbal altercation which then prompted the suspects to produce a baseball bat, Keld said.
Newark Police entered the parking lot to find the victims fleeing the scene after one of the suspects hit one of the victims with a baseball bat. One of the suspects, Brian Elfand, was arrested and charged with assault second and menacing, Keld said.
On Sunday at approximately 10 p.m., two unknown suspects attempted to rob the K-Mart store in College Square, Cpl. Paul Keld of the Newark Police Department said.
The victim, a 48-year-old female employee said she was exiting an office after closing when one of the suspects grabbed her arm and pointed a handgun at her. The victim screamed, and the two suspects ran out of the store, Keld said.
The Newark Police Department attempted a K-9 track which was unsuccessful and then turned over the case to detectives, he said.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED IN BASEBALL BAT ASSAULT
This past Saturday, two 18-year-old males were attacked with a baseball bat in the Scholar Drive parking lot at 3:29 a.m., Keld said.
The victims claimed they were visiting friends in the lot when two 21-year-old university students approached them. The two groups engaged in a verbal altercation which then prompted the suspects to produce a baseball bat, Keld said.
Newark Police entered the parking lot to find the victims fleeing the scene after one of the suspects hit one of the victims with a baseball bat. One of the suspects, Brian Elfand, was arrested and charged with assault second and menacing, Keld said.
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