Man Sentenced in Glassboro Armed Robberies

PRESS RELEASE
October 7, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Bernie Weisenfeld- PIO

Marq D. Peet (DOB 1/27/91) of Mt. Royal, was sentenced today (10/7) to five years in state prison for two armed robberies he admitted committing with a BB gun in Glassboro in September 2010.

“This is a classic tragedy of impulse and impetuousness,” Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Joseph Brook said after an aunt Peet lived with told the sentencing judge his first indictable offense was tied to the “bad influence” of older acquaintances.

Peet was arrested shortly after the 9/2/10 robbery at gunpoint of a man near the Landmark restaurant in Glassboro and, minutes later, the robbery of two men in the parking lot of a nearby convenience store. Wallets and cell phones were taken.

Peet’s lawyer argued for leniency based on the argument that his use of a pellet gun did not contemplate a serious threat. Judge M .Christine Allen-Jackson disagreed. Victims faced with an unknown firearm “could have had a heart attack,” the judge said.

Peet will have to serve four years, three months and one day on the second-degree robbery charge he pleaded guilty to on July 25 before he can seek parole. Jail time since his arrest is deducted. Charges against a codefendant, Tyreek James, of Mt. Royal, were dismissed today. Peet testified James was not present during the robberies.