Man Charged In Armed Robbery Of Union County TD Bank

UNION, NJ — A man was charged after robbing the TD Bank in Union Township on Monday morning, said Township of Union NJ Police Department.

At 11:22 a.m. on Jan. 6, Union Township Police got a hold-up alarm from the TD Bank at 995 Morris Ave., near Kean University.

Patrol officers found that the bank had just been robbed by a man who motioned to a bank teller as if he had a gun while stating it was a robbery, said police.

The man took the money and then fled in a car towards Hillside. One of the bank employees alertly got the car's license plate and gave it to the officers, said police.

Detectives checked the car's license and ultimately determined the bank robber's identity. Detectives and plainclothes officers searched in Newark and were able to find the parked car.

A surveillance of the car began and officers waited for the suspect to return. After several hours, officers saw the man come out of an apartment building and stopped him.

Police confirmed the person they had stopped was the bank robber and placed him under arrest. The bank robber is identified as Kevin Thompson, 64. He gave an address in Hackettstown, but he seemed to be homeless and was staying with friends, said police.

Thompson was taken back to Police Headquarters and after speaking with Detectives, he gave a full confession.

He was charged with first-degree armed robbery and was taken to the Union County Jail.

Thompson took about $500 from the bank and detectives recovered some of the money in his car.

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