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Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of ERICK MACIAS (DOB: 05/05/1985; married; employed as a chiropractor) of 111 East Dewey Avenue, Apt. 254, Wharton, NJ on charges of Robbery, Assault, and Theft offenses. The arrest is the result of a two-month investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti.
During the beginning of June, several communities in northern New Jersey experienced a series of strong-arm robberies that appeared to have been committed by the same individual. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad conducted an investigation and identified ERICK MACIAS as the primary suspect in the robberies. On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office along with numerous municipal detectives executed a search warrant at a residence in Wharton, NJ and subsequently arrested ERICK MACIAS.
On July 14, 2020, ERICK MACIAS was charged with one count of Robbery, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a, a 1st degree crime; five counts of Robbery, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a, a 2nd degree crime; two counts of Theft, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3, a 3rd degree crime; two counts of Aggravated Assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(1), a 3rd degree crime; one count of Theft, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a, a 4th degree crime; three counts of Theft, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a, a disorderly persons offense; and three counts of Simple Assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1a, a disorderly persons offense. MACIAS was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, NJ pending a detention hearing scheduled for Monday, July 20, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
Prosecutor Musella states that the charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He would also like to thank the Garfield Police Department, Lyndhurst Police Department, Wood-Ridge Police Department, Paterson Police Department, Parsippany Police Department, and Wharton Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.
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Guy has to pay off his student loans somehow!