On Sunday, Aug. 31, at approximately 10:57 p.m., Wallington Police Officers Peter Wojcik and Robert Ventura responded to the 7-Eleven at 358 Main Ave., in Wallington, for a report of an assault, Detective Szymon Popek said in a release.
A 36-year-old male victim told police that while waiting by the exit after buying coffee, another man — later identified as Derek Allen, 36 — punched him in the face with a closed fist, pushed him out the door, and threw him against a trash bin, Popek said. Officers observed a deep indentation on the victim’s face and scratches on his arm and back.
The victim told police Allen stole his cell phone before fleeing northbound on Main Avenue in a black Toyota Camry, Popek said. Surveillance footage from the store corroborated the victim’s account, police said…