HAMILTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- Two men are facing charges in connection to the gunpoint robbery of a Home Depot in New Jersey earlier this week where power tools were stolen, authorities said.
At about 9:45 p.m. on Monday 18-year-old Hysson Amaru Jones and 22-year-old Danjulo O. Scott entered the store located on Route 130 in Hamilton, took several power tools, and then attempted to exit the store without paying, township police Chief James M. Stevens said.
According to Stevens, one suspect began to assault an employee while the other pointed a handgun at several other employees.
The men drove off with the stolen items in a small SUV south on Route 130, Stevens added.
After a brief chase on foot, Jones and Scott were arrested in Ewing Townshiip near Greenland Avenue and Chelsea Avenue.
A handgun was also recovered at the scene of the arrests, Stevens added.
Jones and Scott are both facing charges including first-degree robbery, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, and receiving stolen property.