Newark Man Gets Life In Jail For Bloomfield Home Robbery On Xmas

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Newark man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after he was convicted for a Christmas night home robbery in Bloomfield in 2015.

In March, an Essex County jury convicted Roberson Burney, 60, of Newark, of first-degree robbery, burglary, three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of criminal restraint and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

Essex County Prosecutors released the following statement about the robbery:

“On Christmas night in Bloomfield in 2015, Burney, a contractor, entered the home with what appeared to be a shotgun, tied up a woman and two girls and robbed them of two Amazon Kindles, credit cards and jewelry. Burney had previously worked as a contractor at the victim’s home in the fall of 2015.”

According to prosecutors, Burney was previously convicted of first-degree armed robberies on three other occasions. At the time of the 2015 robbery in Bloomfield, he was also on federal parole for a carjacking.

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