Two males with prolonged arrest data have been arrested in reference to two armed robberies — one in Livingston and one other in West Orange, native police mentioned.
Shyhiem Clark, 24, of Newark, and Tyrese Thompson, 22, of Elizabeth, had been charged in reference to the Sept. 27 incident at a Mount Nice Avenue retailer, based on police in West Orange.
The 2 are believed to be linked to a second theft in Livingston on Oct. 4, authorities mentioned.
Both Clark or Thompson held the cashier at gunpoint whereas the opposite eliminated cash from the register, police mentioned. Each fled by way of the again of the shop and Clark was later recognized because the getaway driver within the grey Nissan Altima.
Clark had 5 prior arrests for housebreaking, theft and theft, together with a 2016 conviction for an armed theft with a handgun.
Thompson had six prior arrests for theft and drug expenses.
Multi-jurisdictional search warrants of Clark’s residence in Newark and Thompson’s residence in Elizabeth discovered the clothes they wore in the course of the armed theft, police mentioned.
A communications knowledge warrant was obtained to point out the precise areas of the actors’ cell telephones, which revealed Clark and Thompson to be in West Orange close to the Fast Store on the date/time of the theft.
Clark was charged on Oct. 8 and Thompson on Nov. 15 with armed theft with a lethal weapon, conspiracy to commit theft, theft by illegal taking felony restraint and extra weapons offenses.
Each actors had been additionally charged by the Livingston Police Division for the armed theft of their jurisdiction on Oct. 4. They had been being held on the Essex County Jail.
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