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Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years
Three Bank Robberies With Shot Fired Send NJ Man To Fed Pen For 45 Years A South Jersey man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for robbing three banks at gunpoint within weeks of each other, taking more than $22,000 combined and firing a shot at a customer. Stephan Byrd, 46, of Vineland will have to serve just about all of the sentence – meaning he’d have to live at least to 90 before he could again see freedom – because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Rejecting a deal from the government, Byrd went to trial and was convicted in federal court in Camden in April 2019. It began in June 2014, when Byrd robbed the Ocean City Home Bank in Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Nab NY Man Minutes After Robbing Hoboken Bank Police Nab NY Man Minutes After Robbing Hoboken Bank
Police Nab NY Man Minutes After Robbing Hoboken Bank A New York man was arrested nearly 20 minutes after he robbed a TD Bank in Hoboken Friday morning, authorities said. Jersey City police notified Hoboken police of a bank robbery at the 47 Newark Street location at approximately 11:07 a.m., authorities said. Nearly 10 minutes later, at about 11:16 a.m., Hoboken police were tipped off by a hold-up alarm from the bank, police said. Everton Gunter, 30, entered the bank, handed a note to a teller, and demanded money to be placed in a bag he was carrying, Hoboken police said. Gunter then ordered two other tellers to place money in his bag. No w…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say
NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say The man who had a hot pink dye pack explode on him moments after robbing a Newark bank was arrested Monday, authorities said. City resident Esau Grant walked into the Springfield Avenue Capital One Bank Saturday morning and slipped the teller a note saying, "I have a gun give me all the money from the register please, and no one will get hurt," Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The teller gave the Grant money -- along with a dye pack. Grant left the bank, walking east on Springfield Avenue, but when he walked beyond the bank property, the dye pack exploded.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say
NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say The man who had a hot pink dye pack explode on him moments after robbing a Newark bank was arrested Monday, authorities said. City resident Esau Grant walked into the Springfield Avenue Capital One Bank Saturday morning and slipped the teller a note saying, "I have a gun give me all the money from the register please, and no one will get hurt," Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The teller gave the Grant money -- along with a dye pack. Grant left the bank, walking east on Springfield Avenue, but when he walked beyond the bank property, the dye pack exploded. He then ran n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber 'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber
'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber Authorities in Belleville were on the hunt for a local bank robber Thursday. The man handed the teller at Chase Bank on Franklin Street a note saying "I have a gun don't make a scene" around 3:10 p.m., Police Det. Lt. John McAloon said. He demanded money and fled with cash, McAloon said. The suspect was described as a white male, thin build, wearing a NY Yankees Hat, a mask covering his face that has orange writing on it “Hermes," black long sleeved shirt, jeans and black boots.

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber 'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber
'I Have A Gun Don't Make A Scene:' Belleville PD On Hunt For Bank Robber Authorities in Belleville were on the hunt for a local bank robber Thursday. The man handed the teller at Chase Bank on Franklin Street a note saying "I have a gun don't make a scene" around 3:10 p.m., Police Det. Lt. John McAloon said. He demanded money and fled with cash, McAloon said. The suspect was described as a white male, thin build, wearing a NY Yankees Hat, a mask covering his face that has orange writing on it “Hermes," black long sleeved shirt, jeans and black boots.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery
Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery A Jersey City man admitted Thursday that he served as the lookout while an ex-con robbed a Union City bank. Juan Rojas Hernandez, 21, told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark that he got a cut of the proceeds after William Tedeschi robbed the Valley National Bank branch on Bergenline Avenue of $10,200 in November 2019. Tedeschi, 48, also of Jersey City had been released from state prison after serving 20 months for impersonating a police officer in several Hudson County towns when he robbed the Valley National branch with Hernandez and co-defendant Faronk Lazizi. Taking a plea de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Ex-Con Rutherford Bank Robber Nabbed After Tossing Yankees Cap Feds: Ex-Con Rutherford Bank Robber Nabbed After Tossing Yankees Cap
Feds: Ex-Con Rutherford Bank Robber Nabbed After Tossing Yankees Cap GOTCHA! An ex-con from Union County robbed a Rutherford bank of $2,300 last week wearing a New York Yankees cap that police recovered from a nearby recycling bin, authorities said following his arrest. Senenca Wilson, 43, of Clark entered the Kearny Bank (formerly Kearny Federal Savings) branch at Park and West Newall avenues at 4:12 p.m. last Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. He was also wearing a dark t-shirt with a white logo, a windbreaker and sunglasses, as well as a neck gaiter over his face, a glove on his left hand and the baseball cap, Honig said. Wilson “hand…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300
Rutherford Bank Robbed Of $2,300 A robber held up a Rutherford bank Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The black robber – wearing a face mask, dark jacket and a hoodie -- entered the Kearny Bank (formerly Kearny Federal Savings Bank) branch at Park and West Newall avenues at 4:15 p.m., Police Chief John Russo said. He handed the teller a note with specific instructions, demanded the note back, then fled east on foot on West Newell Avenue with $2,300 in cash in a plastic bag, the chief said. No weapon was shown, he said. Rutherford detectives and the FBI were working the case. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups UPDATE: A 23-year-old Cleveland man with autism who was accused of five bank robberies and two other attempts in New Jersey – and suspected in a dozen others in Connecticut and Pennsylvania – has died in federal custody in Chicago. Federal authorities hadn’t yet explained to his parents how Tyler James O’Toole died after being hospitalized last month, however, according to a published report. O’Toole was awaiting trial on charges of robbing a bank Glenview, Illinois when he cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's 2018 Hyundai Elantra and went on a holdup spree last fall, federal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000 SEEN HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000
Seen HIM? Brazen Route 17 Bank Robber Wore ‘Planned Parenthood’ Hoodie, Got $5,000 Paramus police released surveillance photos Monday of a man who robbed a Route 17 bank on Friday wearing a hooded “Planned Parenthood” sweatshirt. The robber handed a teller at the Citibank on the northbound highway a note shortly before 2 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The note said to “hand over the money or [he] would begin shooting,” the chief said. The robber got nearly $5,000 in cash, then ran toward the Fashion Center parking lot, Ehrenberg said. He described the robber as black, between 40 and 50 years old and roughly 200 pounds, with white stubble on his neck. Besid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 17 Bank In Paramus Robbed Route 17 Bank In Paramus Robbed
Route 17 Bank In Paramus Robbed Paramus police released surveillance photos Monday of a man who robbed a Route 17 bank on Friday wearing a hooded “Planned Parenthood” sweatshirt. The robber handed a teller at the Citibank on the northbound highway a note shortly before 2 p.m. that said to “hand over the money or [he] would begin shooting,” Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The teller gave the robber nearly $5,000 in cash, Ehrenberg said. The bandit then ran toward the Fashion Center parking lot, he said. No weapon was shown. Ehrenberg described the robber as black, between 40 and 50 years old and roughly 200 pounds…

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by Jerry DeMarco