Suspect apprehended in robbery Accused of fraudulent credit card use at many locations BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE- Police arrested and charged Elmostafa Bourrich, 45, of New York, for attempting to rob the Lord & Taylor department store, possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, at the Woodbridge Center mall last week. The 45-year-old man was detained at 8:49 p.m. March 12, police said. Lord & Taylor security told police that Bourrich was a suspect in numerous cases of fraudulent credit card use at several Lord & Taylor locations throughout the Northeast, according to the police report. The security officers said they saw Bourrich enter the store on the closed circuit TV camera and immediately recognized him from posted warning pictures located in the store. They approached Bourrich as he was attempting to make a purchase at one of the registers in the cosmetics department, police said. The security officers said Bourrich became very angry and started to back away from them, according to the police report. As they tried to detain Bourrich, he allegedly resisted by pulling and pushing them away and, in the process, pushed the security officers into a glass display case, which fell over and broke into pieces. The suspect allegedly then picked up a large shard of the broken glass and held it like a knife while gesturing as if he would stab the security officers with it, the police report said. Bourrich ran into the mall, still in possession of the glass shard, and was finally detained near the Macy's department store by Woodbridge Police detectives, the police report said. The security officers also said they observed Bourrich attempt to throw several credit cards into a mall trash can, police said. Bourrich's bail was set at $75,000 with no 10 percent option.