Old Bridge Man Robbed Hazlet Santander Bank, Prosecutor Says

Hazlet Township, NJ - A Laurence Harbor man was indicted Monday for robbing the Santander Bank in Hazlet this past fall, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni‘s office said.

The bank is located in Hazlet Plaza right off Rt. 35, near the Walgreens and Aldi.

Stephen Fedorka, 34, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township, is charged with the Oct. 28, 2015 robbery of the Santander Bank in Hazlet.

Fedorka entered the bank around 9:45 a.m. that day, prosecutors say, and handed the teller a note that said he was armed with a handgun and demanding she put all the money in her cashier’s drawer into a bag.

Fedroka fled the bank after receiving the money and ended up at his girlfriend’s home nearby, police said, where he stole her car and left the area.

Police were aware of the incident, and staked out the girlfriend’s home: He was arrested on Nov. 1 after he returned to her house to retrieve some personal items, the prosecutor said.