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Police Investigate Armed Robbery Inside NJ Transit Bus in Newark

Newark

Police are investigating a gunpoint robbery reported inside a New Jersey Transit bus in Newark.

The 19-year-old victim told police he was riding a bus heading west on 16th Avenue Wednesday, when a man seated behind him, placed a handgun to his head and demanded his cell phone.

A second person then went through the victim's pockets taking his wallet, containing $12 in cash, his credit card and several identification cards.

The suspects then got off the bus, according to report.

No injuries were reported.