CLARK – Violent details emerged about what authorities said was an attempted murder at a ShopRite Sunday afternoon.
Melissa Prince, 57, a grocery store clerk living in Edison, was charged with attempted first-degree murder after police said she stabbed her co-worker, a longtime employee, at least 13 times in torso with a 13-inch knife. from the kitchen area behind the deli counter.
A ShopRite employee told RLS Metro Breaking News that as horrified customers watched, the woman used “the biggest knife in the deli.”
Surveillance video shows the victim standing at a sink as Prince walks in and stands near the victim before they argue, according to the affidavit.
Prince then accosted his co-worker and pinned her to the floor, according to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case.
Police who viewed the video said Prince repeatedly stabbed the knife into the victim for about 40 seconds before other employees responded and subdued Prince.
I’m not telling you anything! I’m not going to do anything to you!
Disagree for a long time
Witnesses told investigators there was a “verbal altercation” between Prince and the victim.
Prince got on top of his victim while yelling, “I’m not telling you anything! I’m not going to do anything to you! “
An officer found the victim covered in his own blood, according to the officer, and Prince had blood on his hands and arm.
Mayor Sal Bonaccorso told New Jersey 101.5 that a longstanding dispute was behind the attack.
The Union County prosecutor’s office did not have a registered attorney for Prince.
Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNJ
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