Press release provided by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D.
Soriano, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives
Timothy Fitzgerald, and Green Brook Chief of Police Martin Rasmussen
announce that detectives have released a composite sketch of the individual
suspected of committing the May 20, 2014 armed robbery at the Taco Bell
restaurant on U.S. Highway Route 22 East, in Green Brook.
The suspect has been described as a Hispanic male, approximately
6 feet tall with a thin build. He was wearing khaki shorts, a black long
sleeve jacket, black sneakers, and a baseball cap with the New York Yankee
emblem.
Prosecutor Soriano states that at approximately 9:11 p.m. the suspect,
armed with a handgun, approached an employee and announced the robbery.
The employee complied with the demands of the suspect and turned over
an undisclosed amount of currency. The suspect fled from the restaurant on
foot in an unknown direction.
Prosecutor Soriano, Chief Fitzgerald and Chief Rasmussen request
that anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Somerset
County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100, the
Green Brook Police Department at (732) 968-1188, or 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 calls will be kept confidential.
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