Armed men hold security guard at gunpoint during $1 million dollar robbery
North Brunswick NJ July 6 2018 A late-night robbery Wednesday at a North Brunswick warehouse led to three arrests and the recovery of the merchandise, North Brunswick police said Thursday afternoon.
Armed with a handgun, the three men assaulted and held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint while they stole nearly $1 million worth of cosmetics from a commercial building on the 1600 block of Jersey Avenue, police Capt. Brian Hoiberg said.
The security guard escaped and called police.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers saw the suspects attempting to flee the building, township police said in a statement. One of them jumped into a box-style truck and headed northbound on Jersey Avenue.
Officers pursued the vehicle until the suspect crashed it in New Brunswick, and police captured him when he tried to run away.
While police pursued the truck, officers found two other suspects hiding near the building and took them into custody, police said.
Police arrested Axell Mendoza, 30, of North Bergen; Alex Pelerigo, 50, of Elizabeth; and Jun Jang, 31, of Iselin, and found all the cosmetics.
The three men were charged with robbery, burglary, theft, possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and eluding. They are all in police custody Thursday.
The crime is still under investigation.
