SALEM -- A man has been indicted for a string of robberies and attempted robberies in Salem County where he often used a knife or screwdriver to threaten gas station attendants as he demanded cash from them.

Matthew S. Powers has been indicted on charges of robbing numerous South Jersey gas stations. (Salem County Correctional Facility)

Matthew S. Powers, 28, of Pennsville is also the suspect in similar incidents in neighboring Gloucester County, according to court records.

In Salem County, Powers' alleged robbery spree began in mid December.

* On Dec. 18 in Carneys Point he is alleged to have used a knife to put the station attendant "in fear of immediate bodily injury" at Pioneer Gas on North Virginia Avenue. In the incident he was indicted on a first-degree charge of robbery, third-degree charge of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and a fourth-degree charge of unlawful possession of a weapon.

* On Dec. 23 in Carneys Point Powers is alleged to have used a knife to threaten a gas station attendant during a robbery at the Sunoco on Hawks Bridge Road. Power was inducted by a grand jury in that case on a first-degree charge of robbery, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.

* In a second case on Dec. 23 Powers is alleged to have used a screwdriver driver as a weapon in a robbery attempt at the Sunoco on South Pennsville-Auburn Road in Carneys Point. Powers was indicted on a charge of second-degree criminal attempt, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.

* On Dec. 27 Power allegedly tried to rob a gas station in the Deepwater section of Pennsville Township, using a screwdriver as a weapon to threaten an attendant. But he attendant resisted and Powers reportedly just ran away. In that case he was indicted on a second-degree charge of criminal attempt and a third0degree charge of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

* The last of Powers' alleged robberies in Salem County in took place Dec. 28, again in Carneys Point, at the Sunoco on Hawks Bridge Road, according to records. In that case no weapon was mentioned, but Power is alleged to have put the gas station attendant "in fear of immediate bodily injury," the indictment said. In that case Power was indicted on a first-degree charge of robbery.

Authorities allege that Power also high gas stations in neighboring Gloucester County.

On Dec. 21 he is alleged to have held up a station in West Deptford Township on Crown Point Road. In connection with that case, a Gloucester County grand jury indicted him on first-degree robbery, third-degree aggravated assault, fourth-degree theft, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon

Then, on Dec. 27, is alleged to have robbed the Exxon on Kings Highway in Woolwich Township, according to court records. In that case Powers is alleged to have used a screwdriver as a weapon to threatened the attendant and got away with $150 in cash.

In that case a Gloucester County grand jury indicted him on a first-degree charge of robbery, third-degree charge of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and a fourth-degree charge of unlawful possession of a weapon.

Powers was arrested by Carneys Point Township Police on New Years Eve at a local motel in Carneys Point.

He remains held in the Salem County Correctional Facility, Mannington Township.

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