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Trio Plagued Union County With Robberies, Carjacking: Prosecutor
Three men have been arrested and charged in one carjacking and a string of armed robberies that plagued residents in Union County.
Alfred Pierre, 37, and Daron Thomas, 32, were arrested on Tuesday, April 4 and charged with multiple counts of robbery, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel announced. A third suspect, Isaiah Barret, was previously arrested last December.
Pierre and Thomas were charged for five armed robberies between Dec. 2022 and Jan. 2023, Daniel said. Investigators also identified them as the perpetrators in a January carjacking in …
Baltimore Man Gets 25 Years For String Of Armed Robberies, Fatal Carjacking, Feds Say
Federal authorities say that a Baltimore man will spend decades in federal prison for a violent string of armed robberies that left three people shot and two killed.
David Banks, 29, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars, followed by five years of supervised release for a carjacking and armed robbery conspiracy, according to the Department of Justice.
According to his guilty plea, Banks personally participated in a conspiracy to commit a series of violent robberies, during which, members of the scheme used guns to threaten and intimidate their victims
During the crime spree, two vict…
DC Teen Charged For Series Of Armed Robberies During 10-Day Spree
A D.C. teen pleaded guilty August 8 to charges related to a string of armed robberies he commit over a 10-day period, officials said.
Mekhi Truesdale, 19, an accomplice allegedly robbed a woman, of her phone and money, at gunpoint in October 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Truesdale and an accomplice then carried out another robbery in November of 2020 and stole items like phones, wallets, and keys of a man and woman, authorities reported.
Three men aside from Truesdale pleaded guilty to charges related to the string of robberies, the Attorney's Office said.
Truesdale was a…
Gotcha! Bergen Man With Rap Sheet Arrested In Hudson Armed Robbery Spree, Prosecutor Says
A Hackensack man who in 2016 led a wild police pursuit in Jersey City was charged in May 2022 for a string of armed robberies across Hudson County, authorities announced.
Joel Krecz, 35, set out the evening of Friday, April 29 holding up five stores in Jersey City, Secaucus, Union City and Hoboken, and didn't stop until the end of the following day, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Krecz has been charged with multiple counts of robbery and various weapons and theft, Suarez said.
He was accused in the following incidents, according to Suarez:
The robbery of a store o…
