For Immediate Release:  December 7, 2019

A Pleasantville man was arrested and charged in three separate robberies and the shooting of two men.

On November 30, 2019 at 10:04 am, patrol officers responded to the Bank of America located in the 2900 block of Atlantic Avenue for a report of a robbery.  A man entered the bank and handed the bank teller a note demanding money and indicated in the note that he had a gun.  The suspect fled the bank with a large amount of cash.  A surveillance photograph and description of the suspect was provided to officers searching the area. 

At 10:50 am, Officer Christopher Inman located the suspect, Edwin Ruiz-Rosa, at Morris and Pacific Avenue.  Ruiz-Rosa had changed his clothes, but Officer Inman recognized him from the photo.  Ruiz-Rosa was taken into custody and found in possession of a large quantity of money and four grams of cocaine. 

During the investigation, detectives of the department’s Street Crimes Unit and Violent Crimes Unit linked Ruiz-Rosa to two recent armed robberies and a shooting that injured two males. 

On November 25 and 26, an armed robbery occurred at a convenience store located in the 2400 and 2500 block of Atlantic Avenue respectively.  The clerk of each store was robbed at gunpoint and the suspect fled with money from the cash register.

On November 27, two males were shot in the 100 block of north Texas Avenue.  One man sustained a graze wound and the other bruising after the fired round struck his wallet.  Both were transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, with non-life threatening injuries.  An accomplice, Henry Roman, was also identified and is wanted for his involvement in the shooting.

ARRESTED:  Edwin Ruiz-Rosa, a 25-year-old man from Pleasantville, NJ.

CHARGES:  Three counts each of robbery and theft, four counts each of unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, two counts of aggravated assault, and a single count of criminal mischief, terroristic threats, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and conspiracy.

Ruiz-Rosa was remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

WANTED:  Henry Roman, 37-year-old man from Atlantic City.

CHARGES:  Two counts of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and conspiracy.

Anyone with information about and of these incidents is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411).  Begin the text with ACPD. 

Alert sent on 12/07/2019 at 12:34PM EST

WANTED- Henry Roman

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