Crime & Safety
Gunpoint New Brunswick Robbery Over Pot; Man Pleads Guilty This Week
A man was shot 14 times in a 2020 robbery on New Brunswick streets over the sale of marijuana. Local men were all charged.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — In court Wednesday, a New Brunswick man admitted his role in a gunpoint attempted robbery in New Brunswick where the victim was shot 14 times, said U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.
The gunpoint robbery happened on Dec. 28, 2020:
Jonathan Rosales, 23, of New Brunswick, along with accomplices Saul Peralta and Giovanni Hoyos-Jaimes, attempted to rob the victim on a New Brunswick city street.
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They tried to rob the man over the sale of marijuana, according to this indictment on the incident.
During the struggle, the victim was shot 14 times, causing him to sustain serious injuries. Peralta and Hoyos-Jaimes previously pleaded guilty for their involvement.
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Rosales pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and attempted Hobbs Act robbery.
He is facing up to 20 years in prison, and will be sentenced in June.
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