Crime & Safety

Afternoon Robbery on Jacoby on Monday

The following information was provided by Sgt. Dean Naddeo of the Maplewood Police Department.

A New Brunswick man reported that he was robbed in the area of Schaeffer Rd. and Jacoby Street in Maplewood on Dec. 19.

The man told Maplewood Police that he was walking along Jacoby Street at approximately 4 p.m. when another man approached him and pulled a tee-shirt up over his face and placed a handgun to his chest. The man told his victim, “Where’s it at? Give it up,” before removing $350 from the victim’s pants pockets.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 33 years old, 6’1” tall, with a goatee, and wearing sunglasses, a brown jacket, and a black hooded sweatshirt under the jacket.

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