Bail for Box-Cutter Robber Remains at $100,000

press release

WOODBURY NJ (August 2, 2013)– request to release a man charged with using a box-cutter to rob a woman in the parking lot of the Burlington Coat Factory store in Washington Township NJ on 7/13/13 was denied today (8/2) despite the defendant’s statement to police that he meant her no harm and \”was just hungry.\”

The case against Robert P. Sands Jr. (DOB 3/7/85), no known address, \”is significant,’ and he also faces 2011 sexual assault and receiving stolen property charges, Superior Court Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. said in denying a request to release Sands on his own recognizance.

Sands lawyer Ron Appleby said his client returned from Florida and is \”very eager to deal with the new charges. Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Vincent Malfitano, objecting to any reduction in Sands’ $100,000 bail on robbery and weapons charges, said he robbed the victim by holding a box cutter to her stomach. When arrested, he told police, \”yeah, but I was just hungry. I wasn’t going to hurt her,\” and he apologized, Malfitano said.