Crime & Safety
Man Grabs Hundreds In Cash From Register At Montclair Gas Station
A worker at a gas station in Montclair went to ring up a bag of chips and opened the register. Here's what happened next, police said.
MONTCLAIR, NJ — A man grabbed hundreds of dollars in cash from a register at a gas station on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair and ran away last weekend, authorities announced Tuesday.
The Montclair Police Department released the following statement about the theft, which took place on Saturday:
“An employee of the Shell gas station reported that an unknown male entered the store portion of the station at 1:22 a.m. and asked another customer if he could buy him a bag of chips. The customer agreed to buy the suspect a bag of chips. When the employee rang up the items, he opened the register. The suspect reached over the counter with his left arm and grabbed approximately $300 to $400 dollars of unknown denominations in cash out of the register and fled out of the store.”
The suspect – described as a young male wearing a black jacket and black pants – fled on foot towards Bloomfield Avenue, police said.
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