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Three men attacked, knocked out and tied up a security guard and stole a trailer-load of booze from a downtown Bayonne yard Sunday night, police said yesterday.
The thugs, who may be armed, are still on the loose.
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Police Chief Robert Kubert said the incident happened between 8:30 and 10 p.m. at the Oak Lodge Holding Co., a wholesale distributor, on East Second Street.
Kubert said cops arriving at the business found the company guard, 63, bleeding from the head and face. He was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment of a head cut and was later released.
Kubert said the guard told cops he was in his booth at the yard entrance when a trailer cab rolled up and the driver got out to ask directions to Jersey City. Suddenly, two other men appeared and the trio began beating him, took his cellular phone, bound his ankles and gagged him with a cloth, reports said.
Kubert said the guard told cops that one or two of his assailants appeared to be carrying handguns.
The intruders then apparently hooked up the cab to a company trailer loaded with cases of liquor and drove away, Kubert said. No value for the stolen trailer or its contents was available.
Kubert said the guard apparently blacked out for a while, then came to, freed himself and managed to contact his employer, who then called police.
RONALD LEIR
The thugs, who may be armed, are still on the loose.
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Police Chief Robert Kubert said the incident happened between 8:30 and 10 p.m. at the Oak Lodge Holding Co., a wholesale distributor, on East Second Street.
Kubert said cops arriving at the business found the company guard, 63, bleeding from the head and face. He was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment of a head cut and was later released.
Kubert said the guard told cops he was in his booth at the yard entrance when a trailer cab rolled up and the driver got out to ask directions to Jersey City. Suddenly, two other men appeared and the trio began beating him, took his cellular phone, bound his ankles and gagged him with a cloth, reports said.
Kubert said the guard told cops that one or two of his assailants appeared to be carrying handguns.
The intruders then apparently hooked up the cab to a company trailer loaded with cases of liquor and drove away, Kubert said. No value for the stolen trailer or its contents was available.
Kubert said the guard apparently blacked out for a while, then came to, freed himself and managed to contact his employer, who then called police.
RONALD LEIR
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