Police in Newark are reporting the arrest of three Newark men and a juvenile for armed robberies they were a part of on May 8, 2022. According to Police, on May 8, police responded to a call about a robbery, which occurred at approximately 10:50 p.m. at a store in the 300 block of South Street.
Police said the suspects entered the business, where Mr. Quasim Selph, 21, brandished a weapon and demanded that the employee open the register.
When the employee complied, Police said Mr. Jahmere N. Marshall, 19, pulled out a weapon and began to take money from the register with Mr. Quamae S. Barnett, 20, and a 17-year-old juvenile.
The suspects fled in a black BMW and robbed a sandwich shop 25 minutes later at 11:15 p.m. in the 100 block of University Avenue.
Police say they entered R U Hungry, where Selph ordered and paid for food. When the employee opened the register to give him his change, Marshall and the juvenile pulled out handguns.
Approximately $500 was taken from the register, and Selph took another $400 and a laptop from the employee's bag.
They were arrested the next day, on May 9, 2022, when officers spotted them in the black BMW on Hunterdon Street.
They exited the vehicle at that location and were apprehended after officers chased them on foot through an apartment complex on 17th Avenue.
In addition to robbery charges, police said all four suspects were also charged with conspiracy, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a firearm for an illegal purpose, and obstruction. Selph and Marshall were also charged with eluding.
After this incident, the juvenile suspect was arrested twice for armed robberies. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on May 2, 2022, police responded to a robbery on Adams Street.
The juvenile suspect and another male brandished weapons when they took $3 200 from a man at an ATM. A week later, on May 8, the juvenile suspect was with three other males during an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 12:05 a.m. at a Sunoco Gas Station located in the 200 block of Elizabeth Avenue.
The suspects, who were in a Gray Jeep Cherokee, pulled into the gas station, where the driver exited the vehicle and pointed a weapon at the attendant.
The other three males got out of the vehicle and searched the attendant’s pockets, taking $450 from him.
These charges are merely accusations.
The suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.