One arrested after two assailants snatch man's cellphone on Downtown Jersey City street

Published: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 3:00 AM

By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

A Virginia man was arrested by Jersey City police after two men snatched a phone from a man on Montgomery Street near Washington Boulevard on Monday, officials said yesterday.

Lawrence Matthew, 25, of Fredericksburg, was arrested on Columbus Drive after the 7:14 p.m. robbery of the 46-year-old Downtown resident, reports said.

The victim told police a man punched him in the face, took his phone and passed it to a second man before both ran away heading west, reports said. Police broadcast a description and Matthew was arrested, reports said. The stolen phone was found on Montgomery Street.

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