Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe has announced that Paul Rizzo was convicted of assaulting the security guard at a Kosher supermarket.

He was convicted after a jury trial of: ?one count of Assault in the Second Degree, a class �D� Violent Felony, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, a class �D� Felony relating to an assault on a supermarket security guard.

On August 10, 2012, at approximately 1:47 p.m., Rizzo used a baseball bat to attack the security officer at the Rockland Kosher Supermarket on Orchard Street in Monsey. The victim suffered�injuries to his left arm during the violent assault.

The defendant is facing a maximum of 3 � to seven years in state prison when sentenced on�September 30, 2013.

Rizzo is a career criminal with three prior felony convictions.

(YWN Monsey Newsroom)