Thursday, February 21, 2013
Collingswood Police believe a man wanted in connection with a carjacking Feb. 20 may also have stabbed and robbed an attendant at the Gulf station on Feb. 15.
Collingswood Police now believe the man who carjacked two women at knifepoint Feb. 20 is the same person wanted in the Feb. 15 stabbing and robbery of a Gulf gas station attendant on Route 130. The Camden County Prosecutor's Office released a photo of the man sought in those incidents Thursday afternoon. He is described as a stocky, black male, weighing between 250 and 275 pounds and 5 feet, 7 inches to 6 feet tall. A knife was produced in each of the incidents in which the suspect is believed to be involved. The man's carjacking spree began with an unsuccessful attempt Feb. 20 between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden. He demanded a nurse hand over her keys as she walked toward her vehicle. She refused and …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Police are asking for help identifying the man they say stabbed a gas station attendant at the Route 130 Gulf Station in Collingswood, and then fled in a stolen vehicle.
Collingswood Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Route 130 Gulf gas station at knifepoint Friday evening, stabbed an attendant, and then fled in a spray of glass, the rear window of his allegedly carjacked vehicle smashed out with a pipe. About 5:50 p.m. on Feb. 15, police say a newer-model, light blue Honda Odyssey minivan pulled into the parking lot at the Gulf gas station on Route 130 South. Surveillance footage from the scene show that the driver ordered gas, exited his vehicle and stalled for time, fidgeting with the lift gate of the vehicle while he waited for other customers to clear out. The man then attacked the attendant with a knife, grabbing an unspecified amount of cash in the process. As he backed the van out of …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Camden County Prosecutor's Office reports that George Myers, 43, of Clementon, was captured after allegedly failing to carjack two more victims Wednesday morning.
The following press release was provided by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. A Clementon man is in custody in connection with a rash of carjackings in Camden County. The suspect, George Meyers, M/43, was arrested in Lindenwold Wednesday morning shortly after attempting two more carjackings. He is charged with two counts of Kidnapping and four counts of Carjacking. Further charges are expected. The first incident took place about 8:40 a.m. on November 14, 2012, in Pine Hill, at West Branch Avenue and Blackwood roads. It is alleged Meyers approached an older driver stopped at a traffic light with a box cutter, got in his vehicle and forced him to drive to North Camden to buy heroin. Meyers is also accused of taking the victim’s cell …
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The adult suspect, Niequan Johnson, is being held on $225,000 bail for a carjacking at the Heights of Collingswood earlier this month.
An 18-year-old and four juveniles are being held in Camden County detention facilities, accused of a recent carjacking and robberies at the Heights of Collingswood apartment complex. Collingswood Police Department’s detective bureau arrested Niequan W. Johnson, who gave addresses in both Camden and Chester, PA, in the incidents. The names of the four juveniles are not being released because of their age. “Detectives were very aggressive in pursuing this investigation and followed a number of leads that led them to (Johnson),” Collingswood Lt. Glenn Prince said. “I give a lot of credit to our detective bureau—they conducted a diligent investigation and because of that hard work, we’ve brought this investigation to a successful conclusion.” …
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The crimes appear to target older residents at the apartment complex.
Collingswood police are trying to determine if a series of recent attacks on older residents—including a reported carjacking—at the Heights of Collingswood apartment complex are connected. Over the past month at the sprawling complex on Collings Avenue, three residents have been attacked, and a fourth possible assault was reported but not yet substantiated by police. "We're trying to tie all the incidents together to see if they're related," said Collingswood Police Lt. Glenn A. Prince. Police did not release information about the incidents until Thursday morning. Prince provided the following information about the attacks: • On Dec. 10, 2011, at about 3:30 p.m., police responded to a report of an assault in the parking lot of Building…
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