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New Brunswick Robbery Sentences Man to 15 Years

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A recent report claims that a man described as a career criminal has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for robbing a man on a bicycle in New Brunswick. Jermaine Smith-Echevarria, 32, of New Brunswick robbed a 38-year-old man pushing a bicycle around midnight on May 26, 2007, on Townsend Street and Lee Avenue. According to assistant Middlesex County prosecutor Kevin Flood, Smith-Echevarria, must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he can be considered for parole. Law enforcement officials say that Smith-Echevarria and an unknown accomplice saw the man pushing a bicycle with a flat tire that night and hid from sight until the man was close enough to rob. Flood said they jumped him and took $440 cash in his pocket, but the victim chased Smith-Echevarria and told a witness to call the police...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).