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Ice cream vendors in turf battle
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
By NICOLE GAUDIANO
Staff Writer
RAMSEY - An ice cream vendor took a beating Monday when a competitor thought she was trespassing on his turf, police said.
Shiam Daoud, 52, of Paterson was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with bruises on her head, face, arm, and hip, police said.
They charged Rashed Awaadeh, 50, of Getty Avenue, Paterson, with aggravated assault.
Police were called to Finch Park on Island Avenue at 4:09 p.m. by witnesses who said they saw Awaadeh leave his Mister Ice Cream truck and attack Daoud inside her Good Humor truck. He first began to punch her in the face with his fists, and then used his footwear as weapons, they said.
"He had heavy sandals on and began hitting her on the head with the sandals," said Ramsey Police Director Joseph Delaney. "He claimed he only pushed her, but the witnesses observed him hitting her about the face.''
Delaney said Awaadeh assumed Daoud didn't have a permit, even though she did. But she never had an opportunity to point that out, the police director said.
"He threatened her not to be there, that it was his territory,'' Delaney said. "I can understand competition, but this is a little much."
Most ice cream vendors lease their trucks, purchase ice cream from distributors, and find their own routes, but route competition ordinarily isn't an issue, said Joshua L. Waldorf, executive director of the International Association of Ice Cream Vendors.
"Obviously, this is a unique situation,'' he said.
At one point during the alleged beating, Awaadeh turned and saw a witness calling police on her cellphone. He got into his truck and drove to police headquarters, where he was arrested. Police were processing him there Monday afternoon.
Delaney said Awaadeh didn't appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident.
Tuesday, July 09, 2002
By NICOLE GAUDIANO
Staff Writer
RAMSEY - An ice cream vendor took a beating Monday when a competitor thought she was trespassing on his turf, police said.
Shiam Daoud, 52, of Paterson was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with bruises on her head, face, arm, and hip, police said.
They charged Rashed Awaadeh, 50, of Getty Avenue, Paterson, with aggravated assault.
Police were called to Finch Park on Island Avenue at 4:09 p.m. by witnesses who said they saw Awaadeh leave his Mister Ice Cream truck and attack Daoud inside her Good Humor truck. He first began to punch her in the face with his fists, and then used his footwear as weapons, they said.
"He had heavy sandals on and began hitting her on the head with the sandals," said Ramsey Police Director Joseph Delaney. "He claimed he only pushed her, but the witnesses observed him hitting her about the face.''
Delaney said Awaadeh assumed Daoud didn't have a permit, even though she did. But she never had an opportunity to point that out, the police director said.
"He threatened her not to be there, that it was his territory,'' Delaney said. "I can understand competition, but this is a little much."
Most ice cream vendors lease their trucks, purchase ice cream from distributors, and find their own routes, but route competition ordinarily isn't an issue, said Joshua L. Waldorf, executive director of the International Association of Ice Cream Vendors.
"Obviously, this is a unique situation,'' he said.
At one point during the alleged beating, Awaadeh turned and saw a witness calling police on her cellphone. He got into his truck and drove to police headquarters, where he was arrested. Police were processing him there Monday afternoon.
Delaney said Awaadeh didn't appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the incident.
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