SUPERIOR COURT -- One of three men who admitted his role in a home robbery on West River Styx Road in Hopatcong where the homeowner was tied up and beaten with a shotgun before the assailants took off with a safe has agreed to a plea offer.

SUPERIOR COURT -- One of three men who admitted his role in a home robbery on West River Styx Road in Hopatcong where the homeowner was tied up and beaten with a shotgun before the assailants took off with a safe has agreed to a plea offer of 12 years in state prison.

Robert Arteaga, 32, of Baldwin Park, Calif., accepted the plea on Monday in front of Judge N. Peter Conforti in state Superior Court in Newton.

In the July 5, 2017, incident, the suspects were later tracked for nearly 64 miles to a mobile home park in New York state, where they were involved in a two-hour police stand-off.

Arteaga was charged with robbery, burglary, criminal restraint, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, theft, aggravated assault with a firearm, certain persons not to have weapons, and possession of a firearm with the purpose to use unlawfully.

On Monday, he pleaded guilty to amended charges of first-degree burglary and second-degree conspiracy.

Arteaga will be subject to the No Early Release Act, where he will be required to serve 85 percent of his sentence before being eligible for release on parole and will be required to serve a five-year term of parole supervision once he completes his jail term.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, Arteaga will also be required to testify against any co-defendants.

Arteaga spoke very quietly in court as he admitted his role in the robbery.

Asked by his attorney, Eric Feinberg, what he stole from the home, Arteaga replied "a safe," and then later said he "struck the victim with a firearm" during the robbery.

Answering questions from Assistant Prosecutor Sahil Kabse, Arteaga said that he and his co-defendants agreed to rob that specific residence -- it is unknown if they had a connection to the homeowner -- using deadly weapons.

Police said during the early morning hours of July 5, 2017, three men, armed with guns and knives, forced their way inside a home on West River Styx Road.

In addition to Arteaga, those charged in the indicident are Carlos Garcia, 20, of San Bernardino, Calif., and Aaron Duran, 19, of Pomona, Calif.

They were met by the homeowner, whom they tied up and beat with a shotgun before they ransacked the home and fled with a safe, according to First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller.

The homeowner managed to free himself and report the robbery and information about the suspects' vehicle, police said.

Police tracked the car to the New Twin Lakes Village mobile home park in Bloomingburg, N.Y., where police say they were staying with a fourth person.

Police identified the fourth person as Charles Butler, 52, of Bloomingburg, N.Y., who police say lived at the residence.

Hopatcong detectives and a task force from the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office, in addition to Pennsylvania state police and the Sullivan County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Office, responded to the trailer park, where residents in surrounding homes were told to evacuate quietly.

Since the men were suspected to be armed, law enforcement officials drove up in armored vehicles and surrounded the home, demanding the suspects come out, according to police.

A police standoff lasted nearly two hours before all four men surrendered. Investigators recovered a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a safe, allegedly from the Hopatcong residence, at the scene.

Although they initially had their first hearing in Sullivan County Court (N.Y.), the men agreed to waive extradition and are facing their charges in New Jersey.

Garcia and Duran are being charged with robbery, burglary, possession of weapons for unlawful purposes, criminal restraint, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and theft.

Butler is charged with conspiracy for planning the robbery.

Butler's case is pending, Garcia is expected in court on Jan. 29 and Duran is expected on Feb. 5.

Arteaga's sentencing is scheduled for March 9.

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