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Three armed robbery suspects were in custody after their vehicle overturned during a police pursuit Wednesday afternoon in Essex County, authorities said.
A gunman demanded an employee of the AT&T store on the Morris Turnpike in Short Hills open a safe in a back room, while another man loaded 38 iPhones into a backpack around 3 p.m., Millburn police said.
The men ordered a pair of employees and a customer into a back room near the safe, and stole the customer and employees personal cell phone, too, police said.
The trio fled in a silver vehicle, spotted heading eastbound on Route 22 in Mountainside, authorities said.
Springfield Police Break Up Local Shoplifting in Progress, Arrest Suspect
By SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
Credits: Matthew Kass
March 17, 2021 at 12:57 AM
SPRINGFIELD, NJ The following is the Springfield Police Department blotter from March 1 through March 14:
March 2 – A burglary of a Springfield Avenue business was reported to Police on January 8, 2021. As a result of an investigation by Detective Bureau personnel, a 54-year-old Rahway man was charged with burglary, criminal mischief and theft.
March 3 – Detective Bureau personnel charged a 50-year-old Union man and a 57-year-old Springfield man with theft. The charges were the culmination of an investigation of two shoplifting incidents at a Morris Turnpike business which occurred in February.