Delivery Man From Wayne Pummeled With Rock In Montclair: PD

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A food worker who lives in Wayne was robbed, punched in the face and beaten with a rock while returning from a delivery near Lackawanna Plaza earlier this week, authorities said.

According to the Montclair Police Department, the driver – a 65-year-old man from Wayne – returned to his car to find a side window broken. Even worse, the alleged culprit was still rummaging around inside the vehicle, authorities said.

When the intruder realized the car’s owner was back, he got out of the vehicle and punched the delivery driver in the face. He then bashed the victim “numerous times” in the head with a rock and stole his wallet, police said.

Emergency responders arriving on the scene transported the victim to Mountainside Hospital with lacerations to the head, police said.

Police described the suspected assailant as an African-American man in his 40s with a light skin complexion, about 5 feet 6 inches and with a “very thin build.” He was wearing a black hat, black jacket, black pants and black shoes, and possibly had a blue gym-bag-type backpack, authorities said.

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