Two store employees told police the suspect entered the store, demanding
cash and their cell phones. They say he also demanded they go to the
back of the store and hand over their car keys, but they refused those
requests before he ran from the store. When the suspect left the store,
the two employees ran outside and flagged down a passerby, who called
police. Since the man fled the scene on foot, he did not get very far.
Police caught a suspect two minutes later, just a few blocks away.
Toms River police Chief Mitchell Little said when they arrested and
processed Miller, they realized he was the same man who had robbed the
store a decade and a half ago. “He robbed the store, was put away for 15
years, takes a bus from Atlantic City the day he gets released from
prison, and goes right back to the same exact store and robs it again,”
Little said. Little said police were investigating what prompted Miller
allegedly to return to the same store. “We’re wondering was he just not
such a smart criminal or did he subconsciously want to get caught.
“And that’s kind of where we’re leaning, that maybe he just couldn’t survive out there on his own and just decided he’s going to go back to the same place where he felt comfortable. He knew Toms River and ended up getting caught again,” Little said. “So now he’ll be going away for another 15 or 20 years.” According to police, Miller has no personal connection to the store, doesn’t know anyone who worked there and has never worked there himself. He has been charged with robbery, and was being held at the Ocean County Jail on $100,000 bail for this latest incident.
“And that’s kind of where we’re leaning, that maybe he just couldn’t survive out there on his own and just decided he’s going to go back to the same place where he felt comfortable. He knew Toms River and ended up getting caught again,” Little said. “So now he’ll be going away for another 15 or 20 years.” According to police, Miller has no personal connection to the store, doesn’t know anyone who worked there and has never worked there himself. He has been charged with robbery, and was being held at the Ocean County Jail on $100,000 bail for this latest incident.
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