Fair Lawn pizzeria employee assaults owner with spatula, police say

An employee at a Fair Lawn pizzeria was arrested after he allegedly hit his boss with a metal spatula following an argument on Wednesday night, according to police.

Police in Fair Lawn responded to a 911 call at Biagio's Pizza and Pasta on Fair Lawn Avenue at 9:09 p.m. for a reported assault, Sgt. Sean Macys said in a statement. At the pizzeria, the victim, who is the pizzeria owner, told police he advised store employee Danaury Rodriguez, 39, to clean. That prompted an argument between the two men and during it Rodriguez struck the victim on the forehead with a metal spatula.

The victim, a 51-year-old Nutley man, received a minor cut, Macys said. Police arrested Rodriguez, a Paterson resident. He was charged with possession of a weapon.

Rodriguez was released on his own recognizance, Macys said.

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