NEWARK, NJ – Police in Newark are asking the public to help them located a fugitive wanted for the armed robbery of a check cashing business and several other robberies in the city. They believe is is hiding out somewhere in Bloomfield.
The Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé has reported that an arrest warrant has been issued for 26-year-old Alexander Tasay-Coquevedo after he was robbed at gunpoint of $10,563 at a check cashing business on November 25, 2022.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a robbery in the 100 block of Bloomfield Avenue at Lider Express III. A suspect armed with a handgun entered the store wearing a ski mask and asked the employees to open the cash register.
The man took an envelope containing money from the counter and thousands of dollars from the cash register. He fled from the store northbound across Bloomfield Avenue following the robbery. Detectives identified Tasay-Coquevedo, a Hispanic male, as the suspect who is also wanted for multiple robberies.
He is 5’ 8” to 5’9” inches tall, 150 pounds, and has brown eyes, black hair, and a light to medium complexion. It is known that Tasay-Coquevedo frequents the areas of Bloomfield, Summer, and Park avenues, as well as North 6th Street.