Montclair Man Robbed In Panera Bread Parking Lot: Police

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A Montclair resident was allegedly robbed in the Panera Bread parking lot on Sunday while attempting to buy an iPhone from a seller he met on the internet, authorities said.

According to the Montclair Police Department, the 29-year-old victim told officers that he’d arranged to meet with an internet seller to buy an iPhone at the Panera Bread lot on Bloomfield Avenue.

When the man arrived in a car at the parking lot, the seller entered the passenger side of the vehicle and brandished a handgun, police said.

The seller then took about $3,600 in cash from the victim and fled the scene in a “newer model” black vehicle. Police described him as an African-American male in his mid-30’s with a thin build.

There were no injuries reported during the encounter. The incident is under investigation, police said.

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