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UNION TOWNSHIP — Two armed robbers made off with Black Friday cash from a Target store after they forced their way into the cash room, tied up three employees and walked out before the rest of the staff realized what happened, police said.
The 40-minute robbery occurred shortly after the day’s sales bonanza had ended and a “full night crew” restocked shelves at the Springfield Avenue store, Union Township Police Lt. Robert Perez said.
The masked suspects had been hiding in the store as they waited for it to close, and they made their move around 11 p.m. by forcing an employee into the cash room at gunpoint, Perez said.
“They had been in the store for quite some time,” Perez said of the suspects.
They then waited there for cash register receipts to be wheeled in, grabbing two other employees as they walked in with cash, Perez said.
The bandits tied up all three workers in the cash room and took an undisclosed amount of cash, Perez said. The suspects then walked out of the store before any of the other workers realized what just occurred, Perez said.
It wasn’t until after the bound employees freed themselves from the cash room that the robbery was reported, Perez said.
Authorities are searching for the suspects, but were not able to immediately provide full descriptions for them. Perez said they both wore masks and carried at least one handgun.
The Target robbery was one of two armed hold-ups in Union Township this weekend that involved store employees being bound. A similar robbery occurred Saturday night at the Harbor Freight Tools store on Route 22.
In that robbery, which police do not believe is related to the Target heist, four armed men entered the store after it closed and tied up the five employees who were inside. They fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
No one was hurt in either robbery, Perez said.
Anyone with information on the Target robbery should contact Union Township police detective Walter Stinner at (908) 851-5039. Anyone with information on the Harbor Frieght robbery can call Union Township police at (908) 851-5000.
UNION TOWNSHIP — Two armed robbers made off with Black Friday cash from a Target store after they forced their way into the cash room, tied up three employees and walked out before the rest of the staff realized what happened, police said.
The 40-minute robbery occurred shortly after the day’s sales bonanza had ended and a “full night crew” restocked shelves at the Springfield Avenue store, Union Township Police Lt. Robert Perez said.
The masked suspects had been hiding in the store as they waited for it to close, and they made their move around 11 p.m. by forcing an employee into the cash room at gunpoint, Perez said.
“They had been in the store for quite some time,” Perez said of the suspects.
They then waited there for cash register receipts to be wheeled in, grabbing two other employees as they walked in with cash, Perez said.
The bandits tied up all three workers in the cash room and took an undisclosed amount of cash, Perez said. The suspects then walked out of the store before any of the other workers realized what just occurred, Perez said.
It wasn’t until after the bound employees freed themselves from the cash room that the robbery was reported, Perez said.
Authorities are searching for the suspects, but were not able to immediately provide full descriptions for them. Perez said they both wore masks and carried at least one handgun.
The Target robbery was one of two armed hold-ups in Union Township this weekend that involved store employees being bound. A similar robbery occurred Saturday night at the Harbor Freight Tools store on Route 22.
In that robbery, which police do not believe is related to the Target heist, four armed men entered the store after it closed and tied up the five employees who were inside. They fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
No one was hurt in either robbery, Perez said.
Anyone with information on the Target robbery should contact Union Township police detective Walter Stinner at (908) 851-5039. Anyone with information on the Harbor Frieght robbery can call Union Township police at (908) 851-5000.
