Aldo Moro (pictured) and his brother, Michael Moro, pleaded guilty to robbing two gas stations in 2014. NEWTON -- Two brothers who wore make-up and disguises while holding up two businesses last year pleaded guilty to robbery on Wednesday, authorities said.
Michael Moro, 19, of Highland Lakes, and Aldo Moro, 26, of Union, each pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree robbery, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release Thursday. The pair admitted to robbing Market Place Deli in Vernon on Feb. 25, 2014 and the Shell Gas Station in Wayne on Feb. 23, 2014.
The Moro brothers were arrested in March 2014 in connection with the Vernon robbery--when Michael Moro was 17 years old.
The owner of the business told police he was threatened with a handgun during the robbery. The gun was fired after the brothers entered the business, but no one was struck when the gun was discharged, police said.
Police have said the duo wore "elaborate makeup and disguises" and did "extensive planning" before committing the robbery.
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As previously reported by New Jersey Herald, Aldo Moro robbed a teenager using a starter pistol in May 2007. Aldo Moro, who spent nearly four years in state prison on a robbery conviction, was released in Sept. 2011, NJ.com previously reported based on Department of Corrections records.
The brothers will be sentenced on Nov. 6.
Reporting by Jeff Goldman was used in this article.
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