NJ Man Nabbed After Robbing 3 Banks: Prosecutors

COLTS NECK, NJ — A Colts Neck man was arrested and charged in connection to the armed robbery of three banks in Keyport, Lincroft and Eatontown, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey.

Conor Kavanagh, 29, was charged with three counts of first-degree armed robbery.

The first robbery happened at the Keyport PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 on Nov. 13. A man identified as Kavanagh approached the teller, passed a note indicating that he had a weapon and took off with cash in a green Toyota pickup truck, Linskey said.

The second robbery was similar to the first one and was committed at the Lincroft Wells Fargo branch on Newman Springs Road in Middletown on Dec. 14. The suspect was dressed in the same fashion and also left in a green Toyota pickup truck, according to Linskey.

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Three days later, the Wells Fargo branch on Route 36 in Eatontown was robbed, with the suspect also passing a note about having a weapon.

The Middletown Police Department identified Kavanagh as a potential suspect after the second robbery. He was seen driving a green pickup truck that matched the description of the one used in the bank robberies.

He was arrested for unrelated charges. Detectives searched the pickup truck and found proceeds from the Eatontown bank robbery and the clothing that was seen on surveillance footage, Linskey said.

They also found information about a storage unit in Shrewsbury. After searching that location, they found proceeds from the Keyport and Middletown bank robberies.

A phone search of Kavanagh's cell phone also revealed online searches for local bank branches.

Members of the FBI assisted in the investigation.

Kavanagh was taken to the Monmouth County Correctional Institution pending his first court date. If found guild, he faces up to 20 years in prison for each first-degree count.

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