Crime & Safety
Second Robbery In 3 Days Reported In Maplewood Wednesday Night
On the heels of 2 gunpoint robberies in 2 weeks, the Maplewood police sent another alert Wednesday night about a robbery.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — [UPDATE: Police said the 2 thieves punched a woman and stole her bulldog. Read more here.]
On the heels of two gunpoint robberies in two weeks, the Maplewood police sent another alert Wednesday night about a robbery.
"A robbery had occurred in the area of Jacoby Street and Boyden Avenue," said the message sent at 8:56 p.m. on Nov. 2. "Please use caution."
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More information was not immediately available, but Patch will add details to this story when they are released by police.
On Monday morning, police had said that at 6:48 a.m., the department received a call of a man being assaulted on Meadowbrook Place. The man said he was robbed at gunpoint by three or four men, who then left in a car.
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And on Oct. 18, the Maplewood police sent out a similar message after a woman was robbed at gunpoint by two men in ski masks while walking home. She said she was robbed at the corner of Parker Avenue and Cherry Place.
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