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Arrest Made in Mount Ephraim Bank Robbery

Mount Ephraim

Officials announced today that Brad McClintock, 45, of Haddon Township, and Oliver Watts, 59, of Merchantville, were charged with Robbery in connection with a bank robbery that occurred on October 31st.

According to authorities, McClintock is accused of robbing the PNC Bank on the 200 block of North Black Horse Pike on October 31st around 1:48 p.m.

It is alleged that he handed a teller at the bank a demand note then left with an undisclosed amount of money. He was seen getting into the back seat of a black vehicle, operated by Oliver Watts, and they both fled the scene.

According to police, there were no reported injuries.

The defendants were arrested on Route 676 in Camden by members of the Gloucester City Police Department while driving the vehicle that had been used during the robberies at approximately 9:00 p.m. that same night.

Authorities charged McClintock with second-degree Robbery and third-degree Theft, and Watts was charged with second-degree Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and second-degree Robbery, according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Mount Ephraim Police Chief Brian Conte.

Both men were remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility pending a pretrial detention hearing. Under the recent Criminal Justice Reform rules, the court may order they be detained without bail or released with conditions.

All persons charged with criminal offenses are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.

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