MONTVILLE -- A store clerk and his co-conspirator faked a robbery at the 7-Eleven on Changebridge Road earlier this week, police said.

Montville Police Capt. Andrew Caggiano said earlier this week a man entered the store at 1:20 a.m., demanded the clerk give him money and fled after the clerk complied.

During the robbery, the man had his hand in a coat pocket and pointed an object the clerk believed to be a handgun, Caggiano said. No actual weapon was seen, he said.

Police conducted interviews, reviewed security footage, and learned that the store clerk -- Daivon Clark, 19, of East Orange -- planned to steal money from the store by having his co-conspirator DiMarco Lopez, 19, of Bloomfield, hold-up the store, authorities said.

Clark would then turn over all of the cash and give Lopez time to flee the business before calling for help, police said.

Police also discovered both men were involved in another theft of cash at the 7-Eleven on Sept. 28, authorities said.

Clark and Lopez were each charged with theft and conspiracy to commit theft. Clark was also charged with false police report.

They were both served with summonses and released, police said.

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