Wayne Police Seek Help Identifying Assault Suspect

WAYNE, N.J. — Police are asking for help in finding the person who allegedly assaulted a man outside of a nightclub last November.

On Nov. 14 at 1:30 a.m., police officers responded to Lace Gentlemen's Night Club on Galesi Drive on a report of a "male outside with his head split open, bleeding, and going in and out of consciousness," said Detective Capt. Laurence W. Martin.

Officers found the man right outside the club's front door and rendered first aid; the Wayne First Aid Squad transported the man to Saint Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson, Martin said.

Surveillance footage showed the man approached three white men who were smoking outside the front door; a man wearing a light-colored shirt hit the victim in the face, knocking him backwards, and again while he was unconscious on the ground, the detective captain said.

The group fled the area without rendering aid, Martin said.

Police said they think the suspects were younger than 21 and used fake IDs when the incident occurred, Martin said.

Police are trying to identify the three men. Anyone with information should call the Wayne Police Department's Detective Bureau at 973-633-3530 or Detective William Jurewicz 973-633-3536.

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A picture of the man police are looking for taken from surveillance footage of the area outside the club. Courtesy of Wayne Police Department