Wayne V. Barnes, 47, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Monday at his Belleville home.
Police say this man entered a Lukoil on Ridge Road and menaced an attendant using a metal pipe. (North Arlington Police Department) NORTH ARLINGTON - Police have arrested a suspect in a robbery at a Lukoil Gas Station in which an attendant was menaced with a metal pipe, authorities said Tuesday.
Wayne V. Barnes, 47, was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Monday at his Belleville home, according to Capt. Scott Hedenberg of the North Arlington Police Department.
The robbery occurred about 9 p.m. last Thursday at the Lukoil on Ridge Road in North Arlington, according to police.
The man fled with several hundred dollars cash, police said.
Officers from North Arlington and Belleville "were able to develop information that subsequently led to the (the suspect) being positively identified and arrested," Hedenberg stated in a news release Tuesday morning.
During the arrest, officers found clothing worn during the robbery as well as a metal pipe, "which was identified as the weapon," Hedenberg said.
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Barnes is charged with armed robbery, theft of movable property and weapons possession.
He was held in the Bergen County Jail on $57,500 full bail, police said.
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