Two Men Arrested After Alleged Armed Robbery

Two men were arrested on Oct. 28 after an alleged armed robbery on Roper Lane. 

Humberto Aparicio, 20, of Princeton and Otto Gramajo, 23, of Princeton were charged with robbery, aggravated assault and weapons possession. 

They were held on $150,000 bail. 

According to Princeton Borough Police, a sergeant was on patrol on Roper Lane at 12:42 a.m. when he saw Aparicio wrestling with a male victim. Aparicio broke free and ran away and the victim yelled that Aparicio had a knife. Aparicio was caught and arrested and officers found the knife that he had tried to discard while running away.   

A male and female victim told police they were visiting Princeton for a wedding when three people surrounded them on Roper Lane. They said Aparicio brandished a knife and demanded their money, at which point police arrived. They said Gramajo and the third assailant fled while the victim began to struggle with Aparicio. No injuries were reported.

An investigation continues into the third assailant, as does a possible link between this and a recently reported armed robbery on John Street.