Clifton Police: Theft Becomes Robbery After Female Employee Is Assaulted

CLIFTON, N.J. -- A thief who took a cash register from a Clifton CVS took off after pushing a female employee who tried to stop him, police said.

The Allwood Road CVS.
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Jerry DeMarco

09/20/2016 2:07 p.m.

The thief pried open the register of the Allwood Road store around 7:20 p.m. Friday during business hours, Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken told Daily Voice.

The 30-something Hispanic man "was confronted by a female employee whom he then assaulted by pushing her up against a wall," Bracken said.

The employee wasn't injured, he said.

Bracken asked that anyone with information that could help the investigation call Clifton PD: (973) 470-5900.

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