Two men arrested in connection with Manalapan armed robbery
Two men were arrested on July 6th in connection with an armed robbery of a CVS store on Route 33 in Manalapan, New Jersey. The two defendants, ages 20 and 21, allegedly entered the store, pointed guns at the employees, and demanded cash. They stole approximately $2,400.00 in cash and $100.00 in store items before fleeing the scene. The defendants are charged with robbery, theft, terroristic threats, and conspiracy. The defendants are currently incarcarated at the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold and are being held on $250,000 and $350,000 bail, respectively. For additional information, see the Asbury Park press article.
Criminal charges for terroristic threats in New Jersey are governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3 which provides:
§ 2C:12-3. Terroristic threats
a. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to commit any crime of violence with the purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience. A violation of this subsection is a crime of the second degree if it occurs during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. The actor shall be strictly liable upon proof that the crime occurred, in fact, during a declared period of national, State or county emergency. It shall not be a defense that the actor did not know that there was a declared period of emergency at the time the crime occurred.
b. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree if he threatens to kill another with the purpose to put him in imminent fear of death under circumstances reasonably causing the victim to believe the immediacy of the threat and the likelihood that it will be carried out.
