By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, November 7, 1991
The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B03
Seven men and a woman were charged Wednesday with aggravated assault in connection with a beating and stabbing last week that sent a 20-year-old borough man to a hospital, police said.
The victim, whose name is being withheld because police fear further attacks on him, was stabbed in his lower back and in his side, had two front teeth kicked out, and was beaten about his left eye, which was swollen shut, Police Capt. George Grube said.
He underwent surgery after the attack and was in good condition Wednesday, a spokeswoman at the hospital said.
Grube said witnesses told police a dispute over a woman at a party in Bergenfield sparked the attack, which occurred about 11:40 p.m. Friday outside an apartment building on Georgian Court.
A crowd of about 100 people, whom Teaneck and Bergenfield police later dispersed, was outside during the attack.
“Everybody jumped in like it was a picnic on this guy,” kicking him, punching him, and beating him with a baseball bat, Grube said. “They are lucky he didn’t die.”
Police talked to the victim for the first time Tuesday, then arrested most of the suspects later in the day. Tyrone Mack, 21, of 50 Georgian Court, the man whom police accuse of stabbing the victim, was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. He was being held in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Arrested Tuesday on aggravated assault and weapons charges were Mauricio Zapata, 18, of 17G Georgian Court, and Claudia Jimenez, 19, of 129 Thompson St., Dumont.
Arrested Tuesday on aggravated assault charges were Silvio Zapata, 21, of 176 Lexington Ave., Dumont; Nicky Garcia Jr., 19, of 17D Georgian Court; Douglas Matter, 19, of 11 Frederick Place; Marco Fernandez, 18, of 160 S. Prospect Ave., and John Ortiz, 18, of 33 Bridge St.
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