TRENTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with robbing a federal agent at gunpoint, prosecutors say.
Jabree Johnson, 28, of Trenton, was arrested and charged with one count of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon of an individual with custody of federal property, and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in which the firearm was discharged, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey said in a press release Friday.
Prosecutors say a federal agent went undercover on March 22 as part of a firearms trafficking investigation.
After arranging to meet with Johnson to buy firearms, the undercover agent met him inside his vehicle at an "agreed-upon location," prosecutors said.
As the agent was inspecting the firearms Johnson was selling, Johnson pointed a loaded gun at him and demanded cash, according to prosecutors.
The agent handed over money, at which point Johnson ordered him out of his car at gunpoint, prosecutors said.
When the agent got out of the car, he drew his own gun and fired at Johnson, hitting him in the shoulder, the attorney's office said.
Johnson fired back at the agent and fled the scene, but was arrested at a nearby hospital not long after, prosecutors said.
His attorney information wasn't immediately available Monday.
