Crime & Safety
Rutgers Student Robbed At Gunpoint On Train Station Platform
This happened after midnight last Thursday night: The Rutgers student said he was approached by two men on the train station platform.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Rutgers student was robbed at gunpoint last Thursday night on the platform of the NJ Transit train station in New Brunswick, according to Rutgers University Police.
This happened at approximately 12:21 a.m. Friday, March 29, said police.
The Rutgers student was standing on the westbound platform of the New Brunswick train station. He told police he was approached by two men. One of the men pointed a firearm at the victim and demanded items of value from him. The Rutgers student complied. Police did not say what he handed over.
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The student was not physically injured, and the perpetrators fled on foot in an unknown direction.
The description of the perpetrators is limited at this time.
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NJ Transit Police asks that anyone with information, or who may have been in the area at the time, contact the NTJPD Detective Bureau at 973-768-9401.
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