Clementon Man Pleads Guilty to Carjackings as he Tried to Buy Drugs

A Clementon pleaded guilty to a string of carjackings that took place in Clementon, Lindenwold and Pine Hill in November of 2012, Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk announced Tuesday morning.

George Meyers, 43, pleaded guilty on Monday to four counts of carjacking. He said he committed the crimes so he could get to Camden to purchase drugs.

The first incident took place about 8:40 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2012, at West Branch Avenue and Blackwood Road in Pine Hill.

Meyers admitted to approaching an older driver stopped at a traffic light with a box cutter, getting in his vehicle and forcing him to drive to North Camden to buy heroin. Meyers took the victim’s cell phone and $400.

He approached another older driver on Nov. 24, this time at Gibbsboro and Blackwood roads when the man was stopped at a traffic light. Meyers was carrying a knife and forced his way into the car. He took $100 from the driver and ordered him to drive to 8th and Erie streets in Camden, where he got out of the vehicle.

Meyers attempted two carjackings on Nov. 28 in Lindenwold, the first of a female driver at a Wawa on 10th Avenue in Lindenwold and the other of a female driver at Laurel Avenue and Blackwood Clementon Road.

The second driver struggled with him and he fled. Meyers was armed with a knife in both incidents, and he was arrested by Lindenwold Police shortly after.

His sentencing is scheduled for April 25. He faces 17 to 20 years in jail, and must serve 85 percent of his term before becoming eligible for parole. He must also pay restitution to two victims.