For Immediate Release:  October 9, 2020

On October 7, 2020, two juvenile males were arrested for robbery with help from Surveillance Center personnel.

At 7:20 pm, Officers Malik Tolbert and Shawn Dansby responded to the 1300 block of Atlantic Avenue for a report of a robbery.  Officers arrived to meet a mother and her teenage daughter who reported that as they were walking, the teenager was assaulted and had her cell phone taken by two males.  The teenager received medical treatment on scene.

Surveillance Center personnel began to check the cameras in the area of the robbery and located the two suspects before and after the robbery.  Officers went to a residence in the Disston Apartments and located two fifteen year old males that were involved.  One male was in possession of the stolen cell phone.  Both males were arrested.

ARRESTED:  A 15-year-old male from Atlantic City.

CHARGES:  Robbery, simple assault, and conspiracy.

ARRESTED:  A 15-year-old male from Atlantic City.

CHARGES:  Robbery, simple assault, and conspiracy.

Both males were remanded to Harborfields Detention Facility.

Anyone with additional information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411).  Begin the text with ACPD.

Alert sent on 10/09/2020 at 12:19PM EDT

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