FREEHOLD – A Colts Neck man has been indicted for committing three bank robberies in several local municipalities, officials said.
Conor Kavanagh, 29, was charged with three counts of first-degree Armed Robbery. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in state prison.
On November 13, 2021 around 1:15 p.m., a man later identified as Kavanagh was at the PNC Bank teller window at the inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport. There, he passed a note stating he had a weapon and fled the scene with a quantity of cash.
Kavanagh robbed a second bank, the Wells Fargo branch on Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of Middletown, on December 14, 2021 around 4 p.m. He robbed the bank in a similar fashion wearing the same clothes and leaving in the same car, police said.
Three days later, Kavanagh allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Route 36 in Eatontown.
After the robbery in Middletown, detectives found information identifying Kavanagh as a potential suspect. Detectives and members of the FBI found Kavanagh driving a green pickup truck that matched the description of the car used in the earlier bank robberies, and placed him under arrest.
Authorities searched the car and seized the monies from the Eatontown bank robbery and the clothing the suspect was seen wearing on surveillance footage. In addition, they located information regarding to a storage unit in Shrewsbury, later searching it to find proceeds from the Keyport and Middletown bank robberies. Police also searched Kavanagh’s cell phone finding online searches for local bank branches.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office thanked its partners with the Eatontown, Keyport, and Middletown police departments, as well as members of the FBI’s Newark office.
Anyone with information about Kavanagh’s activities is urged to contact MCPO Detective Brian Migliorisi or Detective Jason Gold at 800-533-7443.
