A Monmouth County man was arrested and charged with an alleged armed bank robbery in New Jersey.
Jeffrey L. Kniffin, 50, of Wall Township, is charged by complaint with one count of armed bank robbery, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
On October 23, 2024, Kniffin entered a bank in Wall Township and demanded cash from a bank teller before grabbing and displaying a firearm. He instructed the teller and other bank employees not to do anything stupid and fled the bank with the cash.
Kniffin was apprehended and arrested by law enforcement several minutes later. At the time of his arrest, a loaded firearm and more than $17,000 in cash were recovered from Kniffin and his immediate surroundings.
The count of armed bank robbery carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited the FBI’s Jersey Shore Safe Streets Task Force, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Nelson I. Delgado, with the investigation leading to the charges. He also thanked the Wall Township Police Department, under the direction of Chief Sean O’Halloran, and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago, for their assistance.
The government is represented by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Garelick of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Trenton.
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Related Federal Cases
- Jeffrey L. Kniffin, Armed Bank Robbery, New Jersey 2025 · New Jersey
- Gregory A. Jones, Armed Bank Robbery, New Jersey 2023 · New Jersey
- Samuel Campbell, Armed Bank Robbery, CA, 2016 · Tennessee
- Luis Castaneda, Armed Bank Robbery, NJ 2014-2015 · New Jersey
- Jose Lemus, Armed Bank Robbery, California 2011 · California
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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