The 31-year-old Maywood shoplifter ran into the Prospect Street store, took $655 worth of liquor and then fled without paying just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 31. said Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann.

The store employee ran after the shoplifter into the parking lot, where he was hit by Jeanelle Mulligan, who was waiting for the shoplifter in the parking lot in a 2006 Toyota, police said.

The thief broke free and fled the scene, while the Bottle King employee was treated at the scene by responding officers and EMTs from the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps. He was then taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for non-life threatening trauma.

Mulligan was later charged with vehicular assault and conspiracy to commit theft. She was lodged in the Bergen County Jail pending a central arraignment appearance in Hackensack Superior Court.

Efforts to find the thief are ongoing. The lead investigator is D/Sgt. James Calaski, who works in cooperation with PO Orsita. Also assisting at the scene were Sgt. Robert Wojtecki, PO Adam Pyatak, PO James Donnelly and officers from the Fair Lawn Police Department.

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