Newark Police issued a press statement late Sunday that said Maplewood Police had arrested the juvenile at 10:30 a.m. for allegedly carjacking a BMW. It added that the youngster was found in Newark in the vehicle Sunday, but offered no further details on where the crime occurred in Maplewood.
Maplewood Police have yet to provide any information on the incident.
See the Newark Police Sunday press release below:
13
– YEAR – OLD ARRESTED TODAY AND CHARGED WITH CARJACKING AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON
FRIDAY AND RELEASED.
A 13-year-old Newark resident who
Newark Police arrested on Friday and was ordered to release to the custody of a
relative was arrested again today by Maplewood Police for receiving
stolen property. Newark police also charged the suspect for a carjacking he
committed in Newark on Friday announced Newark Public Safety Director Anthony
Ambrose.
Around 10:30 this morning, a BMW was
carjacked in Maplewood. Maplewood police located the BMW on 19th Street
where they observed two suspects near the BMW holding an item taken from the
victim during the carjacking.
Maplewood police arrested the two
males, both Newark residents, 22-year-old Justyn Knight and a 13-year-old who
was identified as the same 13-year-old that Newark Police arrested on Friday
for receiving a stolen property. After processing the duo, both suspects
were turned over to Newark Police.
The teenager was wanted for an
outstanding Newark carjacking warrant and Knight for an outstanding court
violation warrant.
Newark Police charged the teenager
with Carjacking, Possession of a weapon and Possession of a weapon for unlawful
purposes in connection with Friday's Northward carjacking.
On Friday after his arrest, the
courts ordered his release, although the teenager was being investigated for
his involvement in carjackings in Orange, Maplewood and a Friday morning
carjacking in Newark’s Northward. On Friday, at the time of his arrest, the
teenager had three key fobs which matched the makes of three vehicle taken
during carjackings or attempted carjacking hours before his capture.
On Friday, through a meticulous and
intense investigation, detectives developed sufficient evidence to implicate
the teen as a suspect in the Northward carjacking and determined one of the
fobs belong to the vehicle. Newark Police were actively seeking the teen when
he was arrested by Maplewood police today.
Director Ambrose commends the Newark
and Maplewood Police Officers for their tireless efforts at making our cities
safer, however it is disheartening to our officers and their victims that
individuals are allowed to go free where they can continue to pose a threat to
our society.
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