Sentenced

To 15 Years For Bank Robberies

By Alyssa Riccardi

MONMOUTH COUNTY – A Colts Neck man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing a string of robberies and a burglary in 2021, officials said.

Conor Kavanagh, 31, will be required to serve at least 85 percent of the first 12 years of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole under the provisions of New Jersey’s No Early Release Act. He will also be subject to having no contact with the victims, as well as making restitution, and is also not allowed to return to the financial institutions where the crimes were committed.

On November 13, 2021, at around 1:15 p.m., a man who was later identified as Kavanagh approached a teller window at the PNC Bank inside the Stop & Shop supermarket on Route 36 in Keyport. A note was passed stating he had a weapon and demanded cash. He then left the scene in a green Toyota pickup truck, police said.

Around 4 p.m. on December 14, 2021, the Wells Fargo branch on Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of Middletown was robbed. According to police, the robbery was committed identically to the one that occurred in Keyport, with the suspect wearing similar clothing and also leaving in a green Toyota pickup truck.

Additionally, the Wells Fargo branch on Route 36 in Eatontown was robbed three days later. Police said the suspect passed a note demanding money, saying he had a weapon.

After the bank robbery in Middletown, detectives were able to identify the suspect as Kavanagh. After the bank robbery in Eatontown, authorities saw Kavanagh driving a green pickup truck that matched the description of the vehicle used in the robberies. As a result, as was placed under arrest.

Police searched the truck and found the proceeds from the Eatontown bank robbery and the clothing the suspect was seen wearing on surveillance footage.

In addition, police discovered a storage unit in Shrewsbury linked to Kavanagh and found proceeds from the Keyport and Middletown bank robberies inside.

Police also searched Kavanagh’s phone and found evidence of online searches for local bank branches.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago would like to thank our partners from the Eatontown, Keyport, and Middletown police departments, as well as members of the FBI’s Newark office, for their invaluable assistance in this investigation.

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