Arrest Made In Gas Station Robbery: South Orange Police

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - A 21-year-old and a 17-year-old from Newark have been charged with robbery and burglary, according to the South Orange Police.

Ramir Skipwith and the male juvenile were arrested and charged with committing two robberies and one burglary over the last several weeks at the two Delta Gas Stations on Irvington Avenue, police said.

Skipwith is lodged at the Essex County Jail while the juvenile was remanded to the Essex County Youth House, police said.

According to authorities, at 10:30 p.m. the employee at the Delta Gas Station at Irvington Avenue and Tichenor Avenue was sitting at the desk inside the office when two males entered, pushed him to the side and stole the cash from the desk drawer.

Both individuals then fled South on Tichenor Avenue.

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