Car Chase Leads To Armed Robbery Charges For North Brunswick Man

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A North Brunswick man was charged in connection with a gunpoint robbery, which occurred in New Brunswick on May 31, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced Wednesday.

Zaire Cromedy, 28, was taken into custody at his residence by officers from the South Brunswick and New Brunswick Police Departments on Aug. 6 following a car chase, the prosecutor's office said. He has been charged with first-degree Armed Robbery, second-degree Eluding, second-degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun, and other weapons offenses.

Authorities said they initially attempted to arrest Cromedy on an outstanding arrest warrant for robbery as he was driving on Route 522 in South Brunswick. When officers attempted to pull Cromedy over, he eluded them by taking police on a high-speed car chase, endangering motorists and pedestrians, authorities said.

Cromedy was finally located at his residence and a handgun was also found following a canine search of the area that he passed through during the car chase, the prosecutor's office said.

He is presently lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center where he is detained pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court.

The investigation is active and continuing, and anyone with information is asked to call Detective Paul Kelley of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732)745-3330.

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