Essex Jury Convicts Man Who Assaulted Clerk at McDonald’s
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Wordell Phelps, 37, of Newark was convicted by an Essex County jury of aggravated assault and weapons charges for attacking a 17-year-old Plainfield boy at McDonald’s in West Orange. In addition to the assault charge, Phelps was also convicted of unlawful possession of a weapon…
