Three people have been charged with armed theft and different offenses in reference to an alleged setup in Saddle Brook utilizing the ride-share platform Uber.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Workplace on Friday introduced prices in opposition to 28-year-old Allen Ernst, of Garfield, 31-year-old Karina Eremyan, of Truthful Garden, and 28-year-old Antonio Bowen, who’s at the moment incarcerated.
The trio allegedly deliberate an assault that occurred on March 23, 2022. Round 3:30 a.m., Saddle Brook police responded to a name a couple of man who had been “robbed by an Uber driver” in a parking zone positioned at 50 Kenny Place.
In accordance with police, Ernst held a knife to the sufferer’s neck and robbed him of his backpack, which contained $3,000 and different objects. The sufferer was then capable of run away, police stated.
A months-long investigation decided that Eremyan was working the car that the sufferer was driving in, and that Bowen was working a close-by car that Ernst used to flee the scene.
Eremyan was arrested with out incident in Hasbrouck Heights on Aug. 18, based on the prosecutor’s workplace. Ernst was apprehended with out incident on Aug. 22 in Saddle Brook. Bowen was served along with his prices on the Morris County Jail.
Every have been charged with first-degree armed theft, second-degree conspiracy to commit armed theft, third-degree possession of a weapon for an illegal goal, and fourth-degree illegal possession of a weapon.
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