Brothers Arrested In Middlesex County Bank Robbery, Bomb Threat

METUCHEN, NJ-- Two brothers were arrested in connection to a bank robbery and high school bomb scare in Metuchen, prosecutors said.

Donnell Cheek, 32, and his brother, Dashawn Cheek, 27, both from Carteret, were arrested on Friday in connection to a robbery at the Metuchen TD Bank on Route 27.

One of the brothers, dressed in all black, entered the bank on Friday and demanded cash. He fled with the money, and the pair was later arrested in Piscataway. The police recovered the stolen cash.

An hour before the robbery, one brother called in an anonymous bomb threat to Metuchen High School, which is about a mile away from the bank. 800 students were evacuated, but no bomb was found. Police determined that the bomb-threat was called in to draw police attention away from the bank.

Both brothers were charged with robbery, theft, and making a false public alarm. They are being held on $250,000 bail each.

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