Drug Deal At Wind Creek Casino Turns To Armed Robbery Drug Deal At Wind Creek Casino Turns To Armed Robbery
Drug Deal At Wind Creek Casino Turns To Armed Robbery A 28-year-old Monroe County man is facing charges after a drug deal at Wind Creek Casino in Bethlehem turned into an armed robbery in the parking lot, reports say. Brandon L. Pearsall-McNealy, of East Stroudsburg, met a person at the casino on Wind Creek Boulevard Friday morning and agreed to buy marijuana, PennLive reports citing city police. When they walked to a car in a nearby parking lot around 7:30 a.m., Pearsall-McNealy pointed a gun at the dealer and stole an ounce of marijuana and $270, the news outlet says. The person robbed reportedly told area police that Pearsall-McNealy …
Summit Man Found Guilty In Knifepoint Gas Station Robbery Summit Man Found Guilty In Knifepoint Gas Station Robbery
Summit Man Found Guilty In Knifepoint Gas Station Robbery A Union County jury on Tuesday returned a guilty verdict against a Summit man charged with armed robbery after threatening a gas station attendant at knifepoint in 2018. The jury deliberated for less than a day before convicting 47-year-old Patrick Vermilyea of first-degree armed robbery, third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, and fourth-degree theft of movable property, acting Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Summit Police Chief Andrew Bartolotti said. The verdict came after three days of trial testimony before Union County Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles W…
KNOW ANYTHING? Easton Police Seek Info After Armed Man Robs Gas Station With 2 Workers Inside KNOW ANYTHING? Easton Police Seek Info After Armed Man Robs Gas Station With 2 Workers Inside
Know Anything? Easton Police Seek Info After Armed Man Robs Gas Station With 2 Workers Inside Police in Easton are seeking information after an armed man robbed a local gas station with two workers inside early Friday morning. A tall, skinny man dressed in all black was holding a black semi-automatic handgun when he robbed the Square One Exxon on S. Third St. just before 4:20 a.m., LehighValleyLive reports citing Easton Police Lt. Matthew Gerould. The man then fled east on Larry Holmes Drive, according to Gerould, who asks anyone with information to contact Easton Police Det. Chris Miller at 610-250-6656. Click here for more.
Pair Charged With Murder In Fatal Stabbing Of Somerset County Man, 23, Prosecutor Says Pair Charged With Murder In Fatal Stabbing Of Somerset County Man, 23, Prosecutor Says
Pair Charged With Murder In Fatal Stabbing Of Somerset County Man, 23, Prosecutor Says Two suspects are facing murder charges in connection to the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Somerset County man earlier this week, authorities said. Nasir J. Williams aka “Duck”, 20, and Ishadir S. Hunter aka “Ice”, 22, both of Somerset, were taken into custody Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree armed robbery and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, Robertson said. Hunter was also charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief. Jamari R. Stephenson, of Somerset, was found unresponsive by officers inside a house on H…
Mercer County Man Nabbed In Somerset Drug Deal Turned Gunpoint Robbery, Authorities Say Mercer County Man Nabbed In Somerset Drug Deal Turned Gunpoint Robbery, Authorities Say
Mercer County Man Nabbed In Somerset Drug Deal Turned Gunpoint Robbery, Authorities Say An 18-year-old Mercer County man has been arrested in a Somerset County drug deal-turned robbery that occurred last January, authorities announced Monday. George C. Battle IV and another man had made arrangement with the victim over a social media application to conduct a drug deal near Lancaster Court in Montgomery Township on Jan. 17 around 6:30 p.m.,  Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. A man got into the passenger's seat of his car and pointed a black gun at him while another man got into the back of the car and demanded his wallet, cell phone, car keys and hat, R…
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges An armed robber from Trenton thought he’d found an easy victim in a would-be gun buyer – only it turned out to be an undercover agent who shot him instead, authorities said. Members of a federally-led task force were investigating gun trafficking and other crimes when Jabree Johnson, 28, got into the undercover agent’s car at the Krauszer’s on Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton Township on March 22, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson handed over a semi-automatic handgun that the agent inspected before returning it and asking to see others, Honig said Friday. At that point, Johns…
Phillipsburg Man Nabbed In Armed Robbery At Lehigh Valley Motel Phillipsburg Man Nabbed In Armed Robbery At Lehigh Valley Motel
Phillipsburg Man Nabbed In Armed Robbery At Lehigh Valley Motel A man from Phillipsburg was arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a Lehigh Valley motel last month, authorities said. Jermaine M. Floyd, 37, and another man are accused of holding a woman and her sister at gunpoint in a room at the Knights Inn on Route 309 in Upper Saucon Township around 7 p.m. on Feb. 15, WMFZ reports. Floyd fled with $700 and was identified via a Facebook photo from one of the victims, who said she’s known him for seven years, the report said. It is not clear whether the other man has been identified, the outlet reports. Floyd was charged Tuesday with a felony…
Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies
Wallet, Cash Stolen In Back-To-Back Phillipsburg Armed Robberies A wallet and more than $200 in cash was were stolen during two back-to-back armed robberies in Phillipsburg over the weekend, authorities said. Two men, at least one in a ski mask, approached the first victim near Fischer Avenue and Anderson Avenue, showed a gun and demanded his wallet around 7 p.m. Sunday, LehighValleyLive reports citing Warren County Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer. The men took the victim’s wallet and ran in different directions, Pfeiffer said in the report. The second robbery occurred hours later at the Sunoco on Memorial Parkway. A tall, thin man demanded money from the servi…
Second Gas Station Robbery In Four Days Near GWB Just Like The First Second Gas Station Robbery In Four Days Near GWB Just Like The First
Second Gas Station Robbery In Four Days Near GWB Just Like The First The script was nearly the same when armed robbers held up a second gas station in four days near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. This time, a gang of five held up a LukOil station on Fletcher Avenue in Fort Lee shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, Police Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The robbers commanded an employee and patron in the store not to call police, then demanded money, Mirkovic said. One of them had a silver folding knife and anther made a gesture beneath his sweatshirt as if he had a gun, the captain said. One of the robbers took money from one register and then tried to…
‘You Want To Die?’ Knife-Wielding Robbers Flee Gas Station Near GWB With $2,700 ‘You Want To Die?’ Knife-Wielding Robbers Flee Gas Station Near GWB With $2,700
‘You Want To Die?’ Knife-Wielding Robbers Flee Gas Station Near GWB With $2,700 Three robbers fled a Fort Lee gas station with $2,700, cigars and cigarettes after one pulled a knife and another acted like he had a gun, authorities said. The trio entered the Patwalia Food Mart in the Shell station on eastbound Route 46 at Bergen Boulevard shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Two kept a lookout while the third went behind the counter and began removing drawers from the cash register, Mirkovic said. One of the store clerks began to get up when one of the lookouts gestured with his hand from inside his jacket pocket. “Sit down," he told the clerk. …
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid It happened in a flash: A SWAT team stormed a South Hackensack motel, capturing two armed robbers and three drug dealers from Teaneck and Englewood who've been living there, authorities said. South Hackensack detectives were preparing to hit two rooms following a series of undercover drug deals when a legitimate 30-year-old customer told them that two other men living in a third room had robbed him, authorities said. The victim, who lives in Bergenfield, told police that he agreed to meet Malik Lee, 25, of Englewood to buy some pot for $200, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Lee showed up for th…
KNOW HIM? Police Seek ID Of Man Wanted In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey 7-Eleven KNOW HIM? Police Seek ID Of Man Wanted In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey 7-Eleven
Know HIM? Police Seek ID Of Man Wanted In Armed Robbery Of South Jersey 7-Eleven Police in South Jersey are seeking the identity of a man who they say committed an armed robbery at a local 7-Eleven. The man in the photos above robbed flashed a handgun at the cashier of the North Broadway convenience store in Pitman around 3 a.m. Wednesday, police said. The man is considered armed and dangerous, police said. Anyone who knows the suspect is urged to contact the PPD at 856-589-3500 and speak with Investigator Eric Bailey.