NJ woman charged after Linden police say senior store workers were beaten, threatened with box cutter

🚔 Police say a Newark woman threatened two elderly Linden store workers with a box cutter

🚔 Victims in their 70s were punched, kicked and bitten while trying to stop a theft

🚔 The accused attacker faces robbery, assault and weapons charges

A 31-year-old Newark woman is facing criminal charges after police say she attacked two victims in their 70s at a Linden store.

Clarissa Pegram was charged with two counts of second-degree robbery as well as third-degree counts of aggravated assault and terroristic threats.

Pegram was also charged with multiple weapons offenses, including possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

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