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Wed Jan 5, 2022, 01:37 PM Jan 2022

Woman stabbed deli co-worker at N.J. grocery store, police say

A ShopRite employee was charged with stabbing a colleague multiple times during an attack at the Clark, N.J., store where they worked, police said Monday. Melissa Prince, 57, of Edison, faces attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to Clark police.

Officers rushed to the Central Avenue store around 3:45 p.m. Sunday for a report of an employee wounded at the deli department, authorities said.

The injured employee was listed in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in Newark, according to police. ShopRite spokesperson Maureen Gillespie said store staff and an off-duty state trooper rushed to help. “Sadly, we can confirm that an associate was assaulted by another associate during an incident that occurred at the store on Sunday,” Gillespie said in a statement.

“Our staff and an off-duty state trooper in the store reacted quickly by intervening and contacting police, who responded within minutes,” the spokesperson said. “The injured associate is being treated at the hospital.”

In a news release, police said the suspect was immediately arrested and
the attack “could be the result of an altercation.”

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/01/woman-stabbed-deli-co-worker-at-nj-grocery-store-police-say.html

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