Crime & Safety
Police Searching For 2 Women Who Assaulted Dollar General Employee
According to law enforcement, the women injured the store associate while they were stealing merchandise from the store.
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY — Police are searching for two women who assaulted a Dollar General employee while stealing merchandise.
Wappingers Falls Police Commissioner Paul J. Italiano said, around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, officers were sent to Dollar General for two women stealing from the store.
While police were en route, Dutchess County 911 advised that the two women had started assaulting a store employee, who was injured.
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Police said the women fled the store, along with two additional women. They all got into a white Nissan sedan.
The car went south on Route 9 shortly before police arrived.
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The Village of Wappingers Falls Police Department is asking anyone who witnessed the incident is encouraged to contact Detective Geoff Weaver or Detective Sergeant Jennifer Farrell at 845-297-1011.
Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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