OCEAN GATE MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH LACEY & TOMS RIVER BANK ROBBERIES
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Robert Fitzpatrick, Jr., 35, has been arrested and charged with two counts of Robbery in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a.
On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, Lacey Township Police Detectives, as well as Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, responded to investigate a robbery that had just occurred at the Kearny Bank in Lanoka Harbor. The investigation revealed that a male dressed in dark clothing approached two bank tellers and demanded money. The suspect then fled the bank on foot into a nearby wooded area with more than $13,000 in stolen United States currency.
With the cooperation of the Toms River Township Police Detective Bureau, further investigation revealed that the suspect from the Kearney Bank robbery in Lacey matched the description of the suspect involved in the robbery of a Bank of America in Toms River that had occurred on April 25, 2019. The vehicle utilized in the commission of the robbery was identified with the assistance of the New Jersey State Police as well as the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission; this led to the identification of Fitzpatrick, with an address in Ocean Gate, as the suspect in both bank robberies.
On Thursday, June 6, 2019, Detectives from both the Lacey and Toms River Township Police Departments, along with members of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Regional SWAT Team and Stafford Township Police Department K-9 Unit, executed a search warrant at Fitzpatrick’s residence in Ocean Gate. Fitzpatrick was taken into custody and transported to the Lacey Township Police Department where he was processed and charged with the May 29th Kearney Bank robbery, and subsequently transported to the Toms River Township Police Department where he was processed and charged with the April 25th Bank of America robbery. Fitzpatrick is currently lodged in the Ocean County Jail awaiting a detention hearing. Additional charges may be forthcoming.
Prosecutor Billhimer would like to extend his gratitude to the Lacey Township Police Department, the Toms River Township Police Department, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Regional SWAT Team and High Tech Crime Unit, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department, the New Jersey State Police, the Stafford Township Police Department K-9 Unit, the Ocean Gate Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for their collective assistance and cooperation in conducting this investigation and apprehending Fitzpatrick.
The public and media are reminded that all defendants are innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
35?!!?!!??
Daniel Wood drugs tend to do that lol
Whooooa, he must not have had a good life if that’s 35…?
Daniel Wood lotsa mileage for 35
Daniel Wood I’m 42 and look half this guys age. Them drugs will tear you up.
Worst aspect of robbing a bank it that the money you temporarily get away with isn’t worth the jail time.
Bob Shields of course. But people always think they won’t get caught.
Jonathon Taylor, right in your backyard
Ocean Gate needs an overhaul……in a most respected way.
I grew up there. By the Berkley border. Well, literally on the border by the ocean gate yacht basin. When I was there (I left 15 years ago) it was summer families, not a whole lot of drugs and the other bullshit that’s there now. Unlike its cousin across the bay and bridge, there is still hope for ocean gate.
Jeffrey Oelshlegel I love it there!
Wow. He’s had a hard 35 years. Yikes
Daniel Wood that’s a real hard 35 loo
Get off the drugs people.. get off the drugs!!’
Pos
Looks like now Patrick will Fitzrobert!
Holy hell he’s only 35! That’s 35 years of hard living
I think they meant 53
My god he looks 60
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Don’t you think you go a little further away from your own home to rob a bank
So happy they caught him. These people have no clue how psychologically it affects the poor employees at the bank!!!
Joann Landi i do. Wouldn’t let my kids wear ski masks. Even if they were pink.
Stop crying
Is anyone interested in buying a gently used Rubber Chicken?
How many miles on it? Condition?
What colors?
Looks like ?
That dude looks high as hell!! You know he blew all that $ on dope
“It’s such a nice area” Rob Stecz
Great job by all departments involved.
I knew it was the same guy that robbed both banks the description was exactly the same
Kristina Marie
Brittany Cleary do you know him?
Brittany Cleary do you know him?
Sabrina Ramoth no. We just were following the bank robbery
Thank god he’s caught!
Well Nikki you have friends that are his friends…I’ll just call ya safe this time around
Greg Bleeker I’m totally not safe he has another page. We are friends on fb ??♀️. I must say this one breaks my heart
Nikki Flanagan Awesome! HaHa, I only paid attn to the 1st page I saw…
Greg Bleeker ??♀️??♀️??♀️
Nikki Flanagan I’m considering being friends with you on Facebook as a “Criminal Curse”
Greg Bleeker I guess it’s just Manchester man
99.9% chance of being arrested if you are friends with Nikki
I just reposted ???
Looks like he’s 53 not 35. Such ashame what drugs do to the human body. Oh well do the crime do the time.
Crack head
What does ocean gate and seaside heights have in common???
The “GRINCH”
I thought I looked like shit at 30. Confidence restored
What?? This guys only 35… wow
Valeene Rivera thats what i was thinking
Awesome!
This should be turned over to the US Attorneys Office for federal prosecution… no parole
The face of drugs and poor life choices!! Loser!!! He’s only 35 but looks 60!! I’m sooo happy he was caught!!!! He’s a career criminal and I hope he rots!!
He should get the job & robbing the bank is not the answer & he’s moron!!!
Christopher Dickerson
Fitz grew up with my husband and they were very close friends. Thankfully my husband chose another path…He did have many years of hard living,the Fitz I knew was a respectful, caring, fun guy. It’s so sad what drugs and greed can do…