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NJ Bank Robber Captured In Ukraine, Officials Say
A 29-year-old bank robbery suspect who vanished after a string of South Jersey heists was found halfway across the world, authorities said.
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-deg…
Masked Bank Robber Arrested Weeks Later, West Orange Police Say
A 25-year-old East Orange man who robbed a bank in West Orange in May was arrested on Tuesday, June 11, police said.
On Wednesday, May 1 at 9:21 a.m., officers responded to a report of a robbery at Ascendia Bank on Northfield Avenue, police said.
Bryant Goodwyn Jr., was wearing a mask when he entered the bank and demanded a specified amount of cash from the teller while threatening a weapon, police said. He then fled on foot from the bank, police said.
Goodwyn was charged with robbery and made a full confession to officers, police said. He has been remanded to the Essex County Correc…