The 17-year-old Newark teenager arrested last week on multiple robbery charges demanded cell phones and cash from six Bayonne teenagers in four separate incidents over a two-week span, city police said today.
BAYONNE -- The 17-year-old Newark teenager arrested last week on multiple robbery charges demanded cell phones and cash from six Bayonne teenagers in four separate incidents over a two-week span, city police said today.
On Sept. 30, the 17-year-old -- whose name has not been released because he is a minor -- showed a gun to a 14-year-old boy in the area of Juliette Street and Avenue A at 4:15 p.m. and demanded the boy's cell phone and money, police said.
After the boy turned those over, the 17-year-old took an additional $500 in cash after forcing the boy to withdraw the money from an ATM at Fourth Street and Kennedy Boulevard.
A little over two weeks later, the 17-year-old approached three 14-year-old boys in the area of 10th Street and Avenue A at 4 p.m., and after telling them he had a gun, he took each of their cell phones, police said.
Later that same day, Oct. 15, the 17-year-old threatened an 18-year-old with a knife and took his cell phone in the area of Eighth Street and Avenue C at 10:12 p.m., according to police.
On Oct. 16, the Newark teenager went up to a 16-year-old boy in the area of 17th Street and Kennedy Boulevard at 8:18 a.m. and told him he had a gun, police said. The 16-year-old refused to hand over his phone, but turned over 50 cents and a bus ticket, at which point the robber fled, police said.
That same day, police officers apprehended the 17-year-old in the area of 22nd Street and Avenue A, where they found him with five cell phones, the bus ticket, and 50 cents, police said.
The 17-year-old has been charged with six counts of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose; and one count of kidnapping. He is currently being held at the Union County Juvenile Detention Center, police said.
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