2 teens charged with Jersey City armed robbery and had victim’s ID from earlier incident: police

Two teens were charged in an armed robbery and were linked to another one in Downtown Jersey City late Saturday and early Sunday morning, authorities said.

There was also an armed robbery late Friday, on the West Side, in the which the victim was stabbed while trying to fight off his assailants, a city spokeswoman said.

The teens, 15 and 16 years old, were charged with first-degree robbery, fourth-degree receiving stolen property, second-degree possession of a weapon, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and fourth-degree possession of a weapon by a juvenile after their arrests on Sunday.

A 35-year-old man told police he was approached by five people, including one who pointed a gun at him, at 11:15 p.m. at Second and Colgate streets, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. The victim was robbed of an iPhone 12 and his wallet.

Nearly two hours later, a 26-year-old man was robbed by three people, including one who brandished a handgun, in the area of Morgan and Washington streets, police were told.

The assailants stole the man’s credit cards, an iPhone 13 Pro, Apple battery pack, Apple watch and Apple Air Pods Pro, Wallace-Scalcione said. The victim was then punched and kicked before his attackers fled. The victim refused medical attention at the scene.

During the arrest of the teens, police recovered a pellet gun, suspected drugs and multiple items taken from the victim during the robbery. The driver’s license of the man robbed at Colgate and Second streets was also recovered and returned.

The names of the teens is being withheld because they are minors.

Friday night at 11:16 p.m. a 34-year-old man told police he was approached by two men who attempted to rob him in the area of of Clendenny and West Side avenues, Wallace-Scalcione said.

While fighting off the two men, the victim was stabbed in his right leg above his knee and his back and robbed of his wallet and cell phone.

The victim, who refused to give any details about the items stolen, was treated at the scene, but refused any further medical attention.