Masked teens hit NJ restaurant in a late night armed carjacking

⚠ Two teens and a 19 year old were charged in an armed carjacking

⚠ It happened in a restaurant parking lot in Washington Township, Gloucester

⚠ Police said they were masked carrying a rifle and a handgun

WASHINGTON (Gloucester) — Two 16-year-olds and a 19-year-old man have been charged after an armed robbery and carjacking outside a restaurant in thise Gloucester County township last month.

On Friday, June 20, just after 11 p.m., three people were walking to their BMW M5 in the parking lot of PJ Whelihan’s restaurant, located at 425 Hurffville-Crosskeys Road, when they were approached by two masked suspects, Washington Township police said.

One suspect brandished a short-barreled AR-15 style rifle, while the other had a black handgun. The pair threatened the victims and demanded the keys to the luxury vehicle, police said. After taking the key fob, they fled northbound on Hurffville-Crosskeys Road…

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