Two robbers in New Jersey narrowly escaped with their freedom after holding up a Boost Mobile store- but not before becoming a humiliating spectacle to passersby. Author: WTHR.com staff Published: 8:32 PM EDT July 11, 2019 Updated: 6:23 AM EDT July 13, 2019 AVON, Ind. Torrez then took advantage of the situation, running out the back door and securing all the safety barriers that enclose the establishment after hours. Staff Writer - August 19, 2016. Two robbers in New Jersey narrowly escaped with their freedom after holding up a Boost Mobile store- but not before becoming a humiliating spectacle to passersby. Hero store clerk tells the story of how she locked a robber in the cell phone store until police arrived. Finally officers officers arrive and arrest Bell, "Get your hands up...on the ground!". Trending: Durham Gets First of Many GUILTY Pleas in Coup Against Trump I often describe Liberals as zoo animals, so think of the crowd as zoo patrons watching the animals at play. In the video, Bell was is pacing back and forth, and finally tries to bash in the door to leave. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Patterson PD says internal affairs will be investigating in an attempt to retrain 911 operators. The robbers took off. He begs to be released from the store. She simply answers, "No," and moves towards the door. Facebook. They're halted when they find the door locked. Lol even after 911 call still couldn’t they get these bad guys arrested. Curiously, they handed them to the crowd, who handed them to Torrez instead of letting two armed men out. Thieves have been targeting phone stores in recent months and police have asked stores to start taking extra security steps, including keeping doors locked during the day. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. Robbers Get Locked in New Jersey Cellphone Store, Crowd Watches and Laughs: Video "I can't let you outta there!" Two armed robbers who were outsmarted and temporarily trapped inside a New Jersey cell phone store by a store clerk last Wednesday have been located and arrested. Crowd laughs at, mocks thieves who lock themselves in cell phone store during robbery. Phone store robbers foiled by locked door. Silver Alert issued for missing Noble County woman, Hospitals warn community of a surge in COVID patients in east central Indiana, Live Doppler 13 forecast evening update — Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, Hurricane Delta inflicts new damage on storm-weary Louisiana, Reich: Leonard and Castonzo out against Browns, VERIFY: Why Abraham Lincoln chose not to appoint a Supreme Court justice during 1864 election. Copyright © 2020 WPVI-TV. Other customers and workers leave the store, while the employee moves to lock him inside. Workers are seen safe inside, rushing to call police. 137. 1. In surveillance video, two men are seen trying to enter a T-Mobile store on U.S. 36. While dispatchers were incorrectly triaging the calls, the robbers found the master set of keys. By. A recent robbery took a lot longer than the thieves were expecting. Investigators just released the surveillance video because the suspect, John Bell has plead guilty to the crime and is now sentenced to 5 years in prison. PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A store clerk outsmarts armed robbers by trapping them inside with metal security gates in New Jersey. Got the other employee to flee out a back door with him. He starts knocking on the glass door to be released. ran around to the front and pulled the front roller door down. Crowd laughs at, mocks thieves who lock themselves in cell phone store during robbery. Amazing! Things didn’t go as planned for a couple of armed robbers who tried to rob a Boost Mobile store in Paterson, New Jersey. Copyright © 2020 WABC-TV. Thieves have been targeting area phone stores in recent months. 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