Armed Man Robbed Bank In Camden Co.: Prosecutor

VOORHEES, NJ — A Pennsylvania man was arrested Thursday after authorities say conducted an armed bank robbery in Camden County a week earlier.

Phu V. Nguyen, 35, robbed the Bank of Princeton in Voorhees on June 27, when he showed a teller that he had a gun, authorities said.

Investigators identified Nguyen, of Fairless Hills, as the suspect. He was charged Tuesday with robbery and weapons offenses.

A fugitive task force of the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Nguyen two days later in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Nguyen entered the Route 73 bank around 11:40 a.m. June 27, authorities said. He passed a demand note to the teller, received an undisclosed amount of cash and fled the area, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

Nguyen showed the teller that he had a gun in his waistband, but he didn't point or fire it, authorities said.

No injuries were reported.

Nguyen was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree counts of unlawful weapon possession and possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

The suspect remains jailed at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility as of Monday. Authorities are working to extradite him to New Jersey.

Nguyen didn't have a listed attorney in online court records on Monday.

Anyone with information can contact Det. Michael Manning of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 856-365-3246 and Det. Kody Smith of the Voorhees Township Police Department at 856-882-1106. Tips may also be submitted to CAMDEN.TIPS.