PRESS INFORMATION UPDATE
INCIDENT: 2018-28005 Bank Robbery (Attempted)
DATE & TIME OCCURRED: 10/29/2018 at 1014 Hours
LOCATION OCCURRED: 44 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Sanatander Bank
WHO: (ARRESTED, INJURED, DRIVER, VICTIM, OTHER)
Accused: Mark E. Elbaum W/M 52 years old
Resident of Hillsborough, NJ 08844
OFFICERS: 1) WWPD Patrol Division
2) WWPD Detective Bureau
3) FBI
4) North Brunswick Twp. PD
5) Bridgewater Twp. PD
6) Hillsborough Twp. PD
7) Somerset County Prosecutors Office
8) Mercer County Prosecutors Office
DETAILS: On 10/29/2018 at 1014 Hours, Patrol & Detective Units responded to a Bank Robbery (Attempted) at the Santander Bank located at 44 Princeton-Hightstown Road. The actor, a heavyset (multiple chins) W/M believed to be in his 50s, had attempted to rob the bank. The W/M exited the branch and fled the scene.
On 10/29/2018 at 1050 Hours, the “round faced multiple chinned” robber struck again and robbed the Valley National Bank on Route 27 in North Brunswick, NJ. Thanks to cooperative, collective, & extensive effort from many different Law Enforcement Agencies (as listed above), the robber was identified as Mark E. Elbaum and he was taken into custody at approximately 1830 Hours last evening without incident.
On behalf of Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri and Chief Robert Garofalo, we would like to thank our public for being so involved in assisting bringing this individual to justice. In addition, the work of all of the investigators & officers involved was exemplary.
Since the incident is still in the investigation phase, we will not be releasing any further information at this time. If you would like to add anything please contact Investigations Lt. Fow at
[email protected] or Det. Jelinski (the Lead Detective) at
[email protected] or (609) 799-0452 our dedicated anonymous Tipline.
OFFICER PREPARING RELEASE: Lt. Mark Lee #359
DATE OF RELEASE: 10/30/2018
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