A New York man has been charged with punching and then and robbing a man on a street in Perth Amboy Saturday night, leaving the victim hospitalized.
A Bronx man is charged with assaulting and robbing a man on a Perth Amboy street early Saturday morning. PERTH AMBOY -- A New York man robbed and beat another man so badly this weekend that his victim had to be hospitalized, police said Monday.
Lashawn Jones, 41, of the Bronx, is charged with aggravated assault and robbery after he allegedly punched and robbed a man on Madison Avenue on Friday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said.
Carey said the investigation determined Jones approached the victim, punched him in the head and, after the man fell to the ground, Jones took the man's cell phone, an undisclosed amount of cash and fled.
The prosecutor said police began the investigation after the unconscious victim was found on the sidewalk by a passerby at 4:30 a.m. The attack happened around 2 a.m., officials said.
The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where he is being treated. His condition is not available, Carey said.
Jones was arrested several hours later, he said.
The investigation is active and continuing, Carey said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Perth Amboy police Detective Jose Pias at (732) 324-3824 or county Detective Wayne Canastra at (732) 745-3809.
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