Robber With Meat Tenderizer Attacks Woman Outside Bergenfield School, Takes Cash, Phone, More
A robber wielding a meat tenderizing hammer took a cellphone, purse, credit cards and $400 in cash from a woman in broad daylight outside a Bergenfield elementary school, said authorities who arrested him moments later.
Uniformed officers and detectives flooded the neighborhood around the Hoover Elementary School at Murray Hill Terrace and Sylvan Avenue shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 1, Capt. William Duran said.
The terrorized 45-year-old victim from Little Falls had surrendered her belongings to Rickent Carrasco, 33, after being threatened, the captain said.
Responding officers cap…
