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NJ Bank Robber Captured In Ukraine, Officials Say NJ Bank Robber Captured In Ukraine, Officials Say
NJ Bank Robber Captured In Ukraine, Officials Say A 29-year-old bank robbery suspect who vanished after a string of South Jersey heists was found halfway across the world, authorities said. Edward Deveaux, of Berlin Township, was arrested on February 25, 2025, in Lviv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian authorities working with the U.S. Marshals Service, officials announced. The capture ends a two-and-a-half-year manhunt that began after Deveaux was charged with multiple bank robberies across Camden and Burlington counties, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. Deveaux was charged on September 30, 2022, with two counts of second-deg…
Somerset County Woman Robbed Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: DOJ Somerset County Woman Robbed Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: DOJ
Somerset County Woman Robbed Princeton Bank Using Water Pistol: DOJ A 39-year-old Skillman woman was arrested and charged with robbing a bank in Princeton last year using a water pistol, authorities said. On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Ciara Brascom entered the TD Bank and demanded cash from the teller, while holding what appeared to be a black handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. During the robbery, Brascom threatened that she would use the gun if the bank’s alarm was activated, Khanna said. The teller showed Brascom that his register was empty, so the teller and another employee took Brascom to a vault and gave her $60,500 in cash, according t…
Life Sentences Cut Short For Brothers Convicted In Violent South Jersey Bank Robberies: Feds Life Sentences Cut Short For Brothers Convicted In Violent South Jersey Bank Robberies: Feds
Life Sentences Cut Short For Brothers Convicted In Violent South Jersey Bank Robberies: Feds The life sentences have been reduced for two New Jersey brothers convicted in a string of violent crimes, including armed bank robberies and a thwarted armored car heist in the late 90s, authorities said. Charles Rodriguez, 58, and Joseph Rodriguez, 57, were re-sentenced to 30 years in prison for committing two armed bank robberies and conspiring to rob an armored car, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The brothers were initially convicted in 1999 after a six-week jury trial on conspiracy, carjacking, multiple armed robberies, …
Masked Suspects Escape With Cash In South Jersey Bank Heist, Prosecutors Say Masked Suspects Escape With Cash In South Jersey Bank Heist, Prosecutors Say
Masked Suspects Escape With Cash In South Jersey Bank Heist, Prosecutors Say Police were asking for help after two armed suspects robbed a bank in Voorhees, authorities said. The robbery happened at the PNC Bank on Haddonfield-Berlin Road on Tuesday, Dec. 17, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said in a news release. Surveillance footage shows two suspects entering the bank at around 10:22 a.m. One suspect aimed a handgun at a bank employee, while the other approached a teller. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported. The suspects escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. According to photos of the suspects, one man was wearing a red sweatsui…
Off-Duty Officer Catches Robber Who Stole $5K+ From Jersey Shore Bank, Prosecutors Say Off-Duty Officer Catches Robber Who Stole $5K+ From Jersey Shore Bank, Prosecutors Say
Off-Duty Officer Catches Robber Who Stole $5K+ From Jersey Shore Bank, Prosecutors Say A Wall Township man was accused of stealing more than $5,000 from a bank, authorities said. Jeffrey Kniffin, 50, was charged with first-degree armed robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree possession of hollow-point bullets, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Thursday, Oct. 24. Wall police responded to a robbery report at the Bank of America on Route 35 at around 3:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Officers learned a man entered the bank, pulled out a gun, and stole "a large amount of cash" of more than $5,000.&nbs…
Armed Woman Robbed TD Bank In Princeton: Police Armed Woman Robbed TD Bank In Princeton: Police
Armed Woman Robbed TD Bank In Princeton: Police Police and the FBI are searching for a woman who robbed the TD Bank in Princeton at gunpoint. The woman walked into TD Bank on Route 206 at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, displayed a black semi-automatic handgun, handed a note to a teller demanding cash and warned the worker against sounding an alarm, according to Princeton police and the FBI. She pulled a handgun from her pocket, pointed it at the employee and ordered two tellers to go into the vault to retrieve more money, authorities said. The woman fled the bank with cash and was last seen on video walking near the Princeton Bottle King, a…