NEWARK, NJ – Newark police have made two arrests in connection with two assault and robbery cases that occurred in June and July.
According to interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave III, Jonathan N. Cummings-Forbes, 20, of Newark, robbed the same gas station twice – once on June 15, 2022, and again on July 13, 2022 – when he assaulted two employees, striking one of them with a weapon.
As part of the investigation, Detectives obtained a search warrant and arrested Cummings-Forbes today at his residence in the 100 block of 4th Avenue. Samantha L. Pabon, 19, who also lives there, was arrested and charged with possession of a CDS – heroin.
According to police, the first robbery occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. on June 15 at the Millennium Gas Station, located in the 100 block of Bloomfield Avenue.
“Cummings-Forbes entered a break room at the business, where he punched the gas station attendant several times on his body, and took $200 from his pockets,” police said. “On July 13, Cummings-Forbes returned to the gas station at approximately 1:53 a.m., this time brandishing a gun that he used to hit another attendant, striking the employee in the head in the break room before taking $1,000 from his pocket.”