On August 28, 2020 Officers on patrol conducted a motor vehicle stop at approximately 1AM.  The plates on the vehicle were reported stolen earlier in the week.  The vehicle was also stolen from Belleville during the week.

Officers arrested Anthony Carbley, 19, from Belleville and Keith Mcnie, 18, from Nutley NJ.  Inside the vehicle were numerous items believed to be proceeds from other crimes. Through investigation detectives linked the evidence to an armed robbery of a gas station in Belleville on August 25, 2020.  Additional evidence linked both suspects to armed robberies in Newark, Paterson, East Windsor, Sayreville, and Old Bridge NJ.  Chief Minichini would like to thank the patrol officers for their proactive work and the detective bureau for their diligence in linking these suspects to multiple violent crimes throughout NJ.