Katie Park, and Andrew Ford

Asbury Park Press

POINT PLEASANT – The suspect in a Brick bank robbery was taken into custody at a home on Glenwood Drive after a standoff with police, authorities said.

Dozens of police officers, some armed with rifles, converged on the home. Officers from the Manchester, Brick, Point Pleasant and Stafford Police Departments were at the scene, along with the FBI, as well as detectives from the Ocean County Sheriff's Office and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

The suspect, whose name hasn't yet been released by police, is accused of robbing the Manasquan Bank on Princeton Avenue about noon Tuesday, police said.



The suspect was arrested about 3:45 p.m., said Point Pleasant Police Capt. Robert Lokerson.

Louise Hubert, 63, who lives nearby, watched the police from across the street with dozens of other bystanders on the sidewalk. Other passersby leaned out of their car windows to ask what was happening.

The neighborhood in Point Pleasant is generally very quiet, Hubert said, so the commotion Tuesday was a shock to her. But she said she has faith in the police and their ability to protect the community.

"I feel very safe," she said.

Daryl Kilgore, 54, of Lakewood, who was talking with Hubert, said he spotted the heavy police response and followed the cars to the area.

“It’s a scary world, man,” he said.

Police did not say why the suspect went to the Glenwood Drive home.

The suspect in the robbery was previously described as a white male in his mid-50s with dirty blonde hair, standing around 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and sporting a bandage under his eye, according to Brick Police Capt. Vincent Pacitti.

In surveillance footage, the suspect is wearing dark sunglasses and a black jacket with a hood. He fled the scene in a black four-door pickup, police said.

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Witnesses reported the suspect's car, possibly a Ford F-150, has a silver or white trim below the door and a toolbox in the back, Pacitti said.



This a developing story. Check back for more details.

Katie Park: 908-801-4853; kpark@gannettnj.com