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New Jersey Robbery Charges Against Man

By Lependorf & Silverstein

An Orange, New Jersey man is being charged with robbing the TD Banknorth branch on South Street in Middleton. According to this news report, police suspect that the 37-year-old Eddie Young may be responsible for an earlier robbery at the same bank. Young was apparently identified by a downtown bike officer and pursued into a gym on North Street. A number of officers reportedly pursued Young, who reportedly yelled at officers telling them he had a gun and would shoot them. Police arrested Young in the basement of the gym. He did not possess a gun or any other weapon. Young was charged with robbery in the first degree and grand larceny in the third degree ? both felonies. He also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, criminal trespass and injuring a police animal (for striking a police dog)...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).