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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-degree robbery for allegedly holding up the Truist Bank on White Horse Pike in Waterford on September 22, 2022, and the Republic Bank on Berlin-Cross Keys Road in Winslow on September 28, 2022, authorities said.
Detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit, Waterford Police Department, and Winslow Police Department identified Deveaux as the suspect after reviewing surveillance footage and other evidence, officials said.
Days later, he was charged again on October 3, 2022, in connection with the September 26, 2022, robbery of a TD Bank in Willingboro, Burlington County, police said.
Authorities attempted to track Deveaux in Camden County, but learned he had fled the area, officials said.
A break in the case came when Senior Detective Stephen Bezich, of the U.S. Marshal Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force – Camden Division, uncovered evidence that Deveaux had flown to multiple countries in Europe before making his way into Ukraine.
New intelligence recently led authorities to Deveaux’s location in Lviv, where he was taken into custody, officials said.
Deveaux is currently being held in a Ukrainian jail, awaiting extradition to the United States, authorities said.
“The successful location and arrest of Edward Deveaux is a testament to the U.S. Marshals and our state and local partners’ unwavering dedication to bringing fugitives to justice, no matter where they run,” said Juan Mattos, U.S. Marshal for the District of New Jersey.
“Whether defendants flee over the Delaware River or across the Atlantic Ocean, we will continue to bring fugitives to justice through our partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service,” MacAulay added.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jovan Plaza of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (856) 225-849. Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS.
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