3 Arrested In Burlington County 7-11 Armed Robberies: Cops

A man from Edgewater Park and two teenagers from Camden have been arrested and charged in connection with three armed robberies of 7-11 stores in Burlington County that took place last month.

Anthony Kennedy, 30, and a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old from Camden have been arrested and charged in connection with robberies of 7-11 stores in Delran, Edgewater Park and Burlington Township, police said.

Kennedy and the 17-year-old were arrested on Aug. 3 in Reading, Pennsylvania, when police said they found them in possession of a stolen car, three handguns and “evidence that links them to the robberies.”

They were arrested by local police, with the assistance of the FBI Greater Trenton Safe Streets Task Force, the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit, and the Pennsylvania State Police/USMS Fugitive Task Force-Philadelphia Division. The 14-year-old was arrested in Camden.

Kennedy is currently housed at the Berks County Correctional Facility. The 17-year-old is currently housed in the Abraxas Academy Shelter/Detention Facility. Both of those facilities are in Pennsylvania.

The 14-year-old is currently housed in the Camden County Youth Detention Center. He has been charged with robbery.

Kennedy and the 17-year-old were charged with robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, aggravated assault, and theft in the robbery of the 7-11 on Cooper Street in Edgewater Park on July 26.

They were charged with robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, aggravated assault, and theft in the robbery of a 7-11 at the intersection of Columbus Road and Neck Road in Burlington Township on July 28.

They have both been charged with robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, aggravated assault in the robbery of the 7-11 on Haines Mill Road in Delran on July 29.

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