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VOL. 111, NO. 16 NOVEMBER 14-20, 2019
Cops seek
R’wood tip
jar thieves
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
ZGEWELB@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Police are searching for two suspects
wanted in connection with two
robberies in Ridgewood.
According to authorities, the two
suspects two restaurants in separate
incidents where they nabbed tip jars
and assaulted the individuals who
tried to stop them.
In the fi rst incident, the suspects
entered La’Rose Grill Gourmet Café
— located at 1808 Weirfi eld St. — at 4
p.m. on Oct. 28 and walked out with
a tip jar containing $40, according
to authorities.
A 27-year-old man followed the
thieves outside to retrieve the tip
jar, but one of the suspects punched
him in the face, police said, adding
that the suspects fl ed northbound on
Seneca Avenue with the tip jar. The
victim refused medical attention at
the scene.
Police said the same suspects
approached a 30-year-old woman
inside Café M — located at 709 Seneca
Ave. — and walked out with a tip jar
containing $100.
The woman followed the suspects
outside, where she was struck in
the head with a closed fi st. The duo
fl ed the scene with the tip jar in an
unknown direction. The woman refused
me See Pages 19-29 dical attention at the scene.
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