Bayonne police have made three more arrests in the brutal robbery of a pair of residents exiting a 7-Eleven.
BAYONNE -- Police have made three more arrests in the brutal attack and robbery of a pair of residents exiting a 7-Eleven.
At 3:39 a.m. on Aug. 22, two men -- ages 22 and 20 -- were leaving the convenience store at 20th Street and Avenue C when a group of four to six men knocked them to the ground, police said.
The group began striking and kicking the victims and stole cell phones and cash from the pair, according to police.
Police said last week that they arrested Raekwon R. Grant, 20, of Bayonne, on Sept. 1 in connection to the robbery.
Yesterday, police said that Thomas I. Steed, 23, of Bayonne; Yusuf Flores, 20, of Bloomfield; and Rafael Valentin, 18, of Bayonne, have also been arrested in connection to the crime.
The 22-year-old victim was struck by an unknown object that caused a 7-centimeter-long and 4-centimeter-deep laceration to his right upper arm, according to a criminal complaint.
Meanwhile, the 20-year-old was treated for minor abrasions to his face and hands, according to police.
Flores and Valentin were arrested Sept. 12, while Steed was arrested Sept. 13, according to police. Each was taken to the Hudson County jail in Kearny on a cash-only bail of $100,000, and appeared earlier this week in Central Judicial Processing in Jersey City.
Steed is also facing charges in another robbery that occurred Sept. 7.
In that case, he was among a group of four people who police say showed a man a gun, physically assaulted him and took his cell phone and wallet on West 19th Street.
Journal staff writer Caitlin Mota contributed to this report.
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