State v. Blazas, A-0705-10T3; Appellate Division; opinion by Espinosa, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication August 26, 2013. Before Judges Graves, Espinosa and Guadagno. On appeal from the Law Division, Middlesex County, Indictment No. 08-04-00640. DDS No. 14-2-1111 [31 pp.]
Defendant was convicted of offenses arising from the robbery of a convenience store on Dec. 12, 2007. The following day, Prafulcha Patel, an employee of the store, identified a photograph of defendant at the Sayreville police station. Patel also identified defendant at trial. On Dec. 14, 2007, defendant's ex-fiancée, Jennifer McHugh, gave a statement to the police regarding a telephone call from defendant on the night of the robbery. McHugh said defendant told her he had done a "caper" at the "Indian store." Later that day, defendant was arrested.
