Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wayne resident pleaded guilty, acknowledged owning the Connection's Internet cafes in Parsippany and Pequannock.
A Wayne resident pleaded guilty to two counts of maintaining a gambling resort in connection with an investigation into alleged gambling dens in Parsippany and Pequannock, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday. In his plea, Chester Ward, 40, acknowledged owning two businesses named Connection’s Internet Café. One on New Road in Parsippany, the other on Route 23 in Pequannock. According to Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp, Ward accepted money from individuals who were participating in “games of chance” at the establishments. Ward owned the businesses from November 2011 to July 2012. As part of the plea, Ward will be placed on probation, serve 200 hours of community service, and pay a $2,000 fine. In a …
Monday, October 15, 2012
Warren Township resident tells judge he planned to start job on Wall Street Monday.
Bail for the so-called dapper bandit, the Warren Township man accused of robbing several Morris County banks, will remain at $500,000, a state Superior Court judge ruled Monday afternoon. Judge Robert Gilson presided over a bail review hearing at Morris County Courthouse for David G. Carroccia, 28, who is charged with four counts of robbery in connection with bank robberies this summer in Parsippany, Lincoln Park and Mount Olive, plus an attempted robbery at a Kinnelon bank, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. Carroccia may also face separate charges stemming from other robberies in Somerset and Monmouth counties, according to Assistant Morris County Prosecutor Julie Serfess. This was Carroccia's fourth arrest, according …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Focus turned to Warren Township man when off-duty detective spotted his vehicle without hubcaps matching description of one seen near robberies, according to affidavit.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
His well-dressed appearance and getaway car without hubcaps led authorities to the Warren Township man accused of robbing several Morris County banks and possibly one in South Jersey, according to an arrest affidavit. David G. Carroccia, 28, will have a bail review hearing Monday in State Superior Court in Morristown. Carroccia is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail. Carroccia is accused of robbing banks in Parsippany, Lincoln Park, Mount Olive, and attempting to rob a Kinnelon bank, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday. The alleged "dapper bandit" was seen on video surveillance wearing a dress suit with a hat in each of the incidents, the prosecutor's office said. The unique appearance tipped off a Kinnelon PNC Bank …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Warren resident responsible for five incidents in Morris County, according to Bianchi.
A Warren man has been arrested for a series of four bank robberies and one attempted robbery that took place at Morris County banks over the span of a little more than one month. David G. Carroccia, 28, of Warren, robbed banks in Parsippany, Lincoln Park, Mount Olive, and attempted to rob a Kinnelon bank, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. Carroccia was arrested while driving a vehicle in his hometown on Thursday at about 2 p.m., Bianchi said. Bianchi said that Carroccia is also a suspect in additional bank robberies that are separate from the ones he is currently charged with. Carroccia is charged with four counts of robbery, a second-degree crime carrying a potential sentence of five to 10 years, with Bianchi saying …
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Parsippany resident accused of fatally stabbing spouse in Lake Hiawatha eatery.
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
A Parsippany man has been accused of fatally stabbing his wife inside a Lake Hiawatha restaurant on North Beverwyck Road late Friday night, the Morris County Prosecutor said. Jiu Jian Zheng, 42, has been charged with first-degree murder, fourth-degree unlawful posession of a weapon and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Zheng's wife, Yun Fei Lin, 34, was found dead inside Kazumi Sushi at 81 N. Beverwyck Road after Parsippany Police received a 911 call from an individual inside the restaurant Friday night at about 11:40 p.m., the prosecutor's office said. The couple lived together in Parsippany, the prosecutor's office said. The prosecutor's office could not immediately confirm if the couple owned or worked at the …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Latest incident reported by prosecutor is the sixth in Morris County in a two-month span.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The sixth bank robbery in a two-month span has occurred in Morris County, but this time an alleged robber was arrested, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. Stephen L. Smith, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged with robbery and theft in the incident. The PNC Bank on Route 46 in Parsippany was robbed at 11 a.m. on Wednesday by a man who fled the scene, Bianchi said. The man did not show a weapon, Bianchi said. According to Bianchi, a man was stopped and arrested by Secaucus Police on Route 3 without incident. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Parsippany Police Department, Morris County Sherriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Section and the FBI are investigating, Bianchi said. This is the third bank …
Saturday, September 1, 2012
'Suspicious' male seen at PNC Bank may be linked to series of Morris County robberies.
A "suspicious" man seen at a Kinnelon bank Tuesday afternoon may be linked to a series of recent bank robberies throughout the county this summer, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi, Kinnelon police responded to the PNC Bank inside the Meadtown Shopping Center at about 3:10 p.m. after a "suspicious" white male had been seen. The male exited the bank without incident, the prosecutor said. Bianchi released information on Twitter that described the male wearing an outfit similar to that of the male who has been sought for other robberies throughout the county, including the robbery of a Lincoln Park bank on Thursday. Bianchi said the male was described as 6-feet tall, clean shaven …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Though it is the fifth bank robbery in the county since July, the description does not match others.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Another bank robbery has taken place in Morris County and Parsippany, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. A man described as black, between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall and approximately 220 pounds allegedly brandished a handgun during the incident at Provident Bank on Smith Road at 9:25 a.m., the prosecutor's office said. They also said the man was described as wearing a ski mask, gloves, a jacket, jogging style pants and black sneakers. This is the fifth bank robbery in Morris County since July, although the description reported does not mach the other four. Before Monday's robbery, the latest was in Lincoln Park on Thursday. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office said the Thursday robbery may be connected to the other three …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
FBI and Morris County agencies investigating robbery of Boiling Springs Savings Bank Thursday.
Authorities have released a description of the man believed to have robbed a Lincoln Park bank Thursday afternoon. The bank, Boiling Springs Savings Bank, is located at 60 Beaver Brook Road. The prosecutor's office said the robbery happened around 2:09 p.m. The man is described by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office as a white male in his 20s or 30s between 6-foot and 6-foot-2 tall. He was described as wearing a straw cowboy hat, olive green blazer, white dress shirt, dark-colored pants and black Nike shoes. Authorities also said he was wearing eyeglasses and may be operating a black two-door vehicle. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and multiple Morris County law enforcement agencies are investigating Thursday's bank robbery. …
Friday, August 10, 2012
No weapon shown in Friday afternoon incident at Capital One Bank.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Authorities are looking for a man wearing a cowboy hat who robbed a Lincoln Park bank Friday afternoon, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. A white male in his early 30s wearing a white- or yellow-colored shirt with a green blazer, dress pants and a straw cowboy hat robbed the Capital One Bank on Comly Road near the corner of Boonton Turnpike at about 3:30 p.m., the prosecutor's office said. The man did not show a weapon and made off with an undetermined amount of money, the prosecutor's office said. Authorities have been looking for a well-dressed man who also did not show a weapon when he robbed a Parsippany bank and one in Mount Olive last month. "As part of the normal investigative process, we will review other incidents to …
Gene
11:57 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
This is just a guess.. But based on the charges, the type of business owned, sentence and lack of explanation on what the "ringleader" was doing, it sounds like he was just running an internet cafe and people were able to use the computers to get to online gambling sites. If that's the case, he probably took a plea deal because it would be cheaper than paying for his legal defense. IMO - If he … more ›