Women attacked N.J. convenience store workers before stealing potato chips, cigarettes, cops say

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Two women were arrested on robbery and other charges after attacking two employees in an Atlantic City convenience store early Tuesday — all to steal bags of potato chips and a few packs of cigarettes, authorities said.

The employees were not badly injured during the robbery but the store on the 1700 block of Atlantic Avenue had “extensive damage” after a physical altercation between the women and workers shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, Atlantic City police said.

The Atlantic City women were arrested after being pulled over minutes later on the 300 block of North Tennessee Avenue.

Scotteara Newmones, 30, and Se’Aira Dixon, 26, were charged with robbery, simple assault and criminal mischief, according to police. Newmones was also charged with two weapons offenses because she allegedly threw a coffee pot at one of the workers.

Both women were sent to the Atlantic County jail. Attorney information wasn’t immediately available.

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