Dwayne A. Brown, 29, of Wharton, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for his role in the June 2025 armed robbery of a delicatessen in Dover, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Mark Castellano and Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney announced.
Source: Englebrook Independent News (prosecutor announcement)
Brown received the sentence on October 16, 2026, before Superior Court Judge Robert M. Hanna, following his August 27, 2026 guilty plea to three counts of first-degree robbery, according to the announcement.
Source: Englebrook Independent News
The robbery happened at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at a delicatessen on Richards Avenue in Dover. Investigators said a masked man entered the shop, grabbed a customer's arm while pointing a handgun at him, then turned the weapon toward two employees behind the register and demanded money. The employees handed over about $360 in cash and the gunman fled in a vehicle. No injuries were reported.
Source: Morristown Minute
Brown was arrested on June 29, 2025, within a day of the robbery, after an inter-agency investigation involving the Dover and Wharton police departments, the Morris County Sheriff's Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and the Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes and Special Operations units, the prosecutor's office said at the time of the arrest.
Source: Morristown Minute