Maplewood Police arrested an Irvington man and charged him with assault in an incident last month at the Maplewood Diner.
On the morning of March 30, Keandre Myers of Irvington allegedly threw a Gatorade bottle filled with bleach in a 47-year-old female employee’s face, before breaking things and fleeing the restaurant, police said.
According to an April 27 release from Det. Lt. Michael Palmerezzi, after a weeks-long investigation, two MPD detectives identified the 25-year-old Meyers in Elizabeth on Monday. He was charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats, among other charges, and taken to the Essex County jail.
Village Green has reached out to Palmerezzi for more details and we will continue to follow up on this story.
See the full release here:
April 24, 2023: Aggravated Assault/Arrest: On April 24, in continuation of an investigation conducted by the Maplewood Police Departments Detective Bureau in regards to an Aggravated Assault that occurred on 3/30/2023, at the Maplewood Diner, Detective Rodrigues identified and charged a 25-year-old male, Keandre Myers, of Irvington, NJ. Detective Rodrigues and Detective Rella were able to locate Myers in Elizabeth, NJ after searching for him for several weeks. Myers was charged with Aggravated Assault, two counts of Terroristic Threats, Criminal Mischief, and Harassment. He was processed by Detectives and transported to the Essex County Jail.…All charges are merely accusations. Each suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
