Crime & Safety

Employee Restrained as Parsippany Business Robbed

The incident occurred at Shivam Travel Agency on Monday night.

Two men held an employee’s head down while they robbed her and a Parsippany business on Monday evening, Parsippany Police said.

The woman, an employee of the Shivam Travel Agency at 1220 Route 46, came into Parsippany Police Headquarters Tuesday morning around 9:30 a.m. to report the robbery, police said.

She told police that around 5:30 p.m. Monday she was alone in the office when two men came in and one of them “held her head down while the other male removed cash from a desk drawer and took a wallet out of the victim’s purse,” according to a release from Officer Earl Kinsey.

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The men then fled with about $500 and the woman was not injured, according to the release.

Anyone with information regarding the incident can contact Detective Edward Conklin at 973-263-4341 or email Crime_tips@parpolice.com.

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