2 Masked Men Arrested In Armed Robbery In Green Brook

GREEN BROOK, NJ — Two men are in custody and one man is still at large in connection with an armed robbery of a Green Brook business Sunday afternoon.

A 911 call came in at 4:20 p.m. reporting an armed robbery at a Verizon store located on Route 22 West in Green Brook where two men entered the store wearing ski masks. One of them was armed with a weapon, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

The men fled into a getaway vehicle driven by a third man. The vehicle was later spotted by Piscataway Police in an area off of Old New Brunswick Road in Piscataway.

One of the men, later identified as Antwon Barksdale, 19, of Irvington, jumped out of the vehicle but was arrested by Piscataway officers. Proceeds from the robbery were also located in the area by the Piscataway officers, Robertson said.

South Bound Brook Police later spotted the vehicle driving in South Bound Brook when the other two men stopped the vehicle and fled from the area on foot, according to the report.

One of the suspects, later identified as Mario Cumberbatch, 22, of Brooklyn, New York, tried to forcibly remove a driver from a nearby vehicle, according to the report.

Cumberbatch wasn't able to take the vehicle from the owner and he was arrested by a South Bound Brook Police Officer.

The third suspect escaped and the investigation into his identity and whereabouts is ongoing by detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and Greenbrook Township Police.

Barksdale was charged with first degree armed robbery and second degree conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

Cumberbatch was charged with first degree armed robbery, second degree conspiracy to commit armed robbery, first degree carjacking and second degree eluding.

Both defendants were lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Anyone with information should contact the Somerset County Prosecutors Office Major Crimes Unit at
908-231-7100 or the Greenbrook Township Police Department at 908-968-1188.

Annonymous text tips can be given via the STOPit app by downloading STOPit to your smart phone at the Google Play or the Apple iTunes Stores and enter the access code SOMERSETNJ, Tips can also be given via the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888- 577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”. All anonymous Crime Stopper
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(Image via Somerset County Prosecutor's Office: From left, Antwon Barksdale, 19, of Irvington and Mario Cumberbatch, 22, of Brooklyn, New York)

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