NEWARK, NJ – The Newark Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance to help identify two suspects wanted for assaulting and robbing several victims in the city.
Newark Police Director Brian O’Hara said officers responded to a call about a robbery that occurred around 3:47 a.m. in the 100 block of Adams Street.
“When they arrived, the female victim told officers that the suspects snatched her purse from the man she was with while they were walking on Adams Street,” O’Hara said. “The suspects fled, but the man ran after them. As he got closer, the suspects attacked the man when they punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground. They rifled through the male victim’s pockets and took his wallet. The suspects were last captured fleeing northbound on Jackson Street.”
According to O’Hara, one suspect was described as a heavy-set male wearing a black sweatshirt with a hood, blue jeans, black and grey Nike sneakers, and a black cross-body fanny pack. The second suspect was wearing a black sweatshirt with a hood, blue jeans, white sneakers, a dark-colored baseball cap with a white New York Yankee symbol.
