Teen Charged in Teaneck Dunkin' Donuts Robbery

A 16-year-old former Teaneck High School student turned himself in Wednesday and was charged in the armed robbery at a Teaneck Dunkin' Donuts, Chief Robert Wilson announced Thursday.  

The arrest came after high school staff and Teaneck Police School Resource Officer Detective Saul Santiago recognized the ex-student from video footage released by investigators, according to police. Teaneck detectives also gathered information from sources linking him to the crime. 

Detectives executed a search warrant at the teen's Teaneck home and found a pellet gun suspected to be the weapon used in the hold-up, police said. 

In around a counter at the T-State Plaza eatery just before midnight Sunday. 

Joined by his mother and attorney, the teen turned himself in to Teaneck police to face delinquency offenses. If he was an adult, charges would be first-degree armed robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon by a minor, according to police. 

The juvenile was being held at the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center ahead of an initial appearance in Bergen County Family Court.

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