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Boy, 15, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Ridgewood Stop & Shop
A 15-year-old Ridgewood boy was robbed at gunpoint outside the village Shop & Stop after arriving for what he thought was a sale that he'd made online, authorities said.
The boy told police he brought $300 worth of clothing to the parking lot of the Franklin Avenue supermarket after cutting an online deal shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, Sgt. John A. Ward said.
Instead, the teen said, he was accosted by four men who appeared to be 18 to 20 years old, one of them armed with a handgun.
The robbers fled with the clothing and the boy, who wasn't injured, called police, Ward said. …
Police: Somerset County Man Goes To Michigan For Motel Sex With Girl, 14, He Met Online
A Somerset County man brought a 14-year-old girl he met online to a motel in Michigan and had sex with her there, authorities charged.
Jarred T. Robinson, 28, of the Somerset section of Franklin Township had been chatting online with the girl for about a month, they said.
Last week, he caught a plane from Philadelphia to Detroit, then took public transportation 35 miles to get to Chesterfield Township, police there said.
Robinson had a ride share app bring the girl to a local Walmart, then walked her to a local motel and had her wait at the side door while he rented a room at the front des…