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Joseph DeFreitas, 43, is headed to state prison for 25 years after pleading guilty three months ago to carjacking in the kidnapping-robbery of the elderly woman in Parsippany on Dec. 29, 2012.
SURVEILLANCE IMAGE: Courtesy LITTLE FERRY PD
His accused accomplice, 53-year-old Marilyn Nadeau, cut a deal with Morris County prosecutors in which she provided information on various crimes — including the Dec. 19, 2012 holdup of Joy Nails & Spa in Little Ferry — while negotiating a plea bargain.
Surveillance cameras caught images of DeFreitas and Nadeau outside the Main Street strip mall near Route 46 and the South Hackensack border the night of the Christmas season nail salon holdup.
Both were wearing gloves and knitted ski masks through which they apparently cut holes so that they could see, the victims later told police.
Waving a black handgun, DeFreitas ordered everyone to the floor, Detective Ronald Klein told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
After emptying the cash register, they took purses from an employee and two female customers and fled in sedan that also was recorded on surveillance footage, he said.
The estimated take: between $10,000 – $12,000 in cash, jewelry and gift cards.
Little Ferry police charged DeFreitas with armed robbery, conspiracy and two illegal weapons possession counts that all carry a combined $250,000 bail.
They charged Nadeau with armed robbery, conspiracy and theft, with a bail of $200,000.
DeFreitas also faces a pending case of aggravated sexual assault in Union County that authorities said he committed on Christmas Eve 2012, five days after the Little Ferry robbery and five before the carjacking.
He’s also wanted by authorities for a home invasion robbery in Connecticut.
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