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The alleged incident occurred on Saturday, January 28th, in the parking lot of the Big Lots located on\u00a0Route […]","datePublished":"2017-01-31","dateModified":"2026-01-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/njcriminallawdefense.com\/blog\/author\/njcriminallawdefense\/#Person","name":"William Fay, Esq.","url":"https:\/\/njcriminallawdefense.com\/blog\/author\/njcriminallawdefense\/","identifier":8,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e9869b68803369cd82f0d8d684c730be056db7c94e3ce06af05f80bee316c35?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e9869b68803369cd82f0d8d684c730be056db7c94e3ce06af05f80bee316c35?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Law Offices of William C. 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The victim, a woman, had used the Letgo app to arrange the sale of her used cell phone to 24-year-old\u00a0Burlington City resident\u00a0Tyree D. Barrett.The woman said that she had arranged for the meeting to occur in a public place, per the recommendations of the Letgo app, which is commonly used to sell second hand items. When she arrived, she says that Barrett grabbed the phone and attempted to flee the scene. She tried to follow him, at which time he reportedly punched her in the face, brandished a knife, and threatened her with it.After responding to the scene and taking the woman\u2019s statement, police arrested Barrett, who reportedly had the cell phone and the knife on his person at the time. He was subsequently charged with\u00a0aggravated assault, armed robbery, and several other weapons\u00a0and\u00a0theft offenses.\u00a0Barrett, who was taken to the Burlington County jail, is now exposed to severe penalties, including an extended term of imprisonment.While the degree of the\u00a0aggravated assault charge\u00a0in this case remains undisclosed, aggravated assault\u00a0charges generally range\u00a0in terms of seriousness based on the extent of injury sustained by the victim, whether or not there was a weapon involved in the commission of the offense, and if the offense was committed against a police officer or other public servant.According to\u00a0N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b),\u00a0aggravated assault can be a second, third, or fourth degree crime, depending on the circumstances of the specific case. A fourth degree aggravated assault charge is punishable by a maximum of 18 months in New Jersey State Prison, while a second degree charge may result in a sentence of up to 10 years. Regardless of the specific degree, aggravated assault is an indictable (felony) offense, which means the case will be adjudicated in\u00a0Burlington County Superior Court.The aggravated assault charge notwithstanding,\u00a0armed robbery\u00a0is a first degree crime in New Jersey, which is considered the most egregious under the New Jersey Criminal Code. While typical robbery charges are graded as second degree crimes, the charges are enhanced to first degree when the alleged offense involves a weapon, which in this case, was a knife.Notably, first degree robbery charges are punishable by a New Jersey State Prison sentence of 10 to 20 years, 85 percent of which must be served before the defendant becomes eligible for parole. This period of parole ineligibility is a provision of\u00a0New Jersey\u2019s No Early Release Act, which applies to crimes such as robbery, carjacking,\u00a0aggravated sexual assault, and\u00a0kidnapping.For additional information pertaining to this case, access the following article:\u00a0Man punches woman, pulls knife in online sale gone wrong, cops say."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/njcriminallawdefense.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Edgewater Park Phone Sale Ends with Aggravated Assault Charges","item":"https:\/\/njcriminallawdefense.com\/blog\/edgewater-park-phone-sale-ends-with-aggravated-assault-charges\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]