Armed Robbers Hold Up Rite Aid In Brick: Police

BRICK, NJ — Brick Township police were searching for a dark SUV on Sunday evening in connection with an armed robbery, police confirmed.

The robbery happened shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday, Brick Lt. David Forrester confirmed. Three black males walked into the Rite Aid at 1041 Burnt Tavern Road and approached the pharmacy, where one of the three showed a small dark handgun to the clerk, he confirmed, and took narcotics.

The three were dressed in dark clothing, he said. No further description on the three was immediately available.

The trio left in a dark-colored SUV headed south on Van Zile Drive toward Route 70, Forrester confirmed. The SUV did not have a front license plate and was believed to have a New Jersey plate on the back, he said.

Anyone seeing the van should call 9-1-1; anyone with information should call the department at 732-262-1100.