A 60-year-old Orange man has been charged with breaking a man's tooth during an attack with a wooden tire thumper in North Bergen yesterday.
An Orange man is accused of assaulting another man with a tire thumper -- one likely similar to the device pictured here. JERSEY CITY -- A 60-year-old Orange man has been charged with attacking a man with a wooden tire thumper in North Bergen yesterday.
Robert George is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly striking the man in the face with the device, causing his lip to bleed and breaking a tooth off, the criminal complaint states.
He is also charged with weapons offenses related to the device which looks like a shortened baseball bat and is used by truck drivers to strike their tires in order to determine if they are sufficiently inflated.
Probable cause for the charges is listed as the statement of the victim, and George's "admission to police that he struck the victim in the face with the wooden tire thumper," the complaint says.
George's bail was set at $50,000 with a 10 percent cash option. He is expected to make his first appearance on the charges tomorrow in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City.