State Police: Monmouth County Pair Arrested For Armed Robbery, 100 Vehicle Break-Ins State Police: Monmouth County Pair Arrested For Armed Robbery, 100 Vehicle Break-Ins
State Police: Monmouth County Pair Arrested For Armed Robbery, 100 Vehicle Break-Ins A pair of men from Monmouth County have been arrested for armed robbery and breaking into about 100 vehicles, authorities said.  Mario Mondragon, 21, of Long Branch and Genaro Guzman, also 21, of Shrewsbury Township are accused of committing the robberies and burglaries in five municipalities between April and June, New Jersey State Police said. State Police detectives with the Troop “C” Criminal Investigation Office along with members of the Eatontown Borough Police Department, Tinton Falls Police Department, Ocean Township Police Department and Long Branch Police Department, identifi…
Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea
Masked NJ Barbershop Robber Who Held Gun To Boy's Head Takes Plea A convicted armed robber had been out of state prison barely a month when he grabbed a boy at a Camden barbershop last year, put a gun to his head and forced employees and customers to empty cash and belongings into a bag. Benjamin Daye, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in exchange for what he hopes will be leniency at sentencing, admitting that he grabbed the child in a headlock, forced everyone to the floor and fled with $754 and a customer’s wallet. Daye was wearing a mask when he entered the Federal Street shop in the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 23, 2019, put the gun …
Police: Pair In Stolen Car Linked To String Of Armed NJ Robberies Police: Pair In Stolen Car Linked To String Of Armed NJ Robberies
Police: Pair In Stolen Car Linked To String Of Armed NJ Robberies Handguns and proceeds from items believed to be proceeds from armed robberies across New Jersey were recovered from suspects stopped last week in a stolen vehicle in Essex County, local authorities said. Anthony Carbley, 19, of Belleville, and Keith Mcnie, 18, of Nutley, were in a car stolen out of Belleville when police stopped them around 1 a.m. Friday, Belleville police said. Evidence linked Carbley and Mcnie to an armed gas station robbery in Belleville on Aug. 25, and others in Newark, Paterson, East Windsor, Sayreville, and Old Bridge, police said. 
Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint
Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint Authorities captured four Philadelphia men who they said beat and tased two victims during a gunpoint robbery in Edgewater late last year. The victims were attacked when they arrived at the Riello Apartments on Gorge Road before dawn on Dec. 8, 2019 by a quartet who held them at gunpoint while beating them, tasing them with a cattle prod and robbing them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from Musella’s office and the Edgewater Police Department identified four suspects who were all arrested Wednesday at their homes with help from the FBI and Philadelphia Police …
Authorities: Toms River Man, 23, Used Brass Knuckles In Motel Robbery Authorities: Toms River Man, 23, Used Brass Knuckles In Motel Robbery
Authorities: Toms River Man, 23, Used Brass Knuckles In Motel Robbery Authorities arrested a Toms River man in connection with armed robbery at the Travel Inn and Suites. Daniel M. Balwierczak, 23, was charged with robbery, theft, assault and weapons charges on Wednesday, Lakehurst Police Officer Robert Schroeck said in a statement. Schroeck and Officer Christian Hernandez responded to the motel on Route 70 in Lakehurst at 1:33 a.m. on Friday on a report of a robbery. Officers met multiple people who said they had been victimized by a man who was later identified as Balwierczak, Schroeck said. Balwierczak used a pair of brass knuckles to intimidate victims i…
Fourth Suspect Arrested In New Brunswick Robbery, Murder Attempt Fourth Suspect Arrested In New Brunswick Robbery, Murder Attempt
Fourth Suspect Arrested In New Brunswick Robbery, Murder Attempt A fourth suspect in an armed robbery last month in New Brunswick was arrested in Pennsylvania assistance from U.S. Marshals, authorities said James Ward, 21, of Highland Park was arrested in Wilkes Barre, Pa., Wednesday, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony A. Caputo said. A 27-year-old New Brunswick man was found injured outside the apartments at 99 Phelps Avenue and was treated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for a gunshot wound, authorities said. Further details were not released. Three other suspect…
AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus
AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus A three-time armed robber asked Jersey City police how they could be sure that he wasn’t infected with the coronavirus, then spit in an officer’s face, authorities said. Jose Rios, 51, used a gun in two holdups and a knife in another, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. After suggesting that he could be infected, Rios of Jersey City said that police would soon find out – then spit at one of them, Grewal said. Police charged him with three counts of armed robbery and several of illegal weapons possession for the May 2 and May 9 holdups, then sent him to the county lockup to await …
One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups
One-Man Crime Spree: Authorities Charge Paterson Man In Shooting, Stabbing, Holdups Authorities charged a Paterson man with a shooting that led to a stabbing, a home invasion and a robbery just weeks apart. Angel Florian, 19, was accused of a Jan. 18 robbery on East 22nd Street in Paterson. Florian also shot at an 18-year-old city man and missed, after which another assailant stabbed the intended victim on North 4th Street the night of Feb. 6, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Thursday. The second assailant hadn’t been identified, they said. Florian also wielded a gun when he and two accomplices entered a Godwin A…
Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting
Paterson Police Chase Down Accused Gunman In January Shooting He gave them the slip a month ago, but this time Paterson detectives captured a 19-year-old resident wanted for a January shooting in one of the city’s deadliest neighborhoods. Leighmeir Singletary tried to run again after investigators spotted him Tuesday night on Godwin Avenue, authorities said. Detectives had obtained a warrant for Singletary’s arrest following an Jan. 11 shooting on nearby Summer Street. He got away the first time police chased him, on March 16, in the same neighborhood, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint …
Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery
Teaneck PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Captured, Charged In Machete Robbery Teaneck police captured an ex-con from Hackensack who they said robbed a man selling an Xbox at knifepoint, taking the gaming system, a cellphone, $580 in cash and assorted electronic from the victim’s car. Aaron McMorris, a 29-year-old convicted sex offender with a decade-long rap sheet, was only just released from state prison last September after serving more than 2½ years for a drug-related conviction, records show. The victim told Teaneck police he’d gone to Sterling Place Sunday night to see a man named Aaron, who he said agreed to buy the Xbox after they met in an Instagram group cha…
Burlington City PD: Officers Nab Armed Robbery Suspect Burlington City PD: Officers Nab Armed Robbery Suspect
Burlington City PD: Officers Nab Armed Robbery Suspect Burlington City police said they nabbed a man accused of taking cash and other valuables from a victim at gunpoint. The victim told police that Ahmad Wright, 22, of Edgewater Park approached him around 11 a.m. Friday at East Broad and Lawrence streets, asked to bum a cigarette, then threw him to the ground, police said in a statement. Wright robbed him at gunpoint, then ran towards High Street, the victim said. Police said they grabbed Wright in the area of West Broad Street near Commerce Square, then brought him to headquarters after the victim identified him as the robber. They charged …
Seven Reputed Gang Members Nabbed By Passaic Police With Guns, Knives, Mayor Says Seven Reputed Gang Members Nabbed By Passaic Police With Guns, Knives, Mayor Says
Seven Reputed Gang Members Nabbed By Passaic Police With Guns, Knives, Mayor Says Passaic police investigating a stabbing robbery outside a local club busted seven purported gang members, seizing several weapons, authorities said. The group chased two men after an incident outside the Third Street club on Feb. 22, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. One was stabbed in the abdomen and robbed before going to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in a private vehicle, the mayor said. The other victim escaped, he said. Passaic detectives identified seven people, then conducted a raid on Friday, Lora said. Arrested were ex-con Antonio Gomez-Mendez, 25, of Market Street, w…