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Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel
Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel WATCH: Surveillance video released Thursday shows an armed suspect slashing a police officer's face with a knife before two colleagues shoot at him as he runs down the hallway of a Clifton hotel. State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released the video along with others recorded in the Dec. 27, 2020 Clifton police encounter with Antwan Whitlock,, 35, of Union Township at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's. Whitlock, who wasn’t struck by gunfire as he ran down the hallway later stabbed himself in the chest when other SWAT team officers caught up to him, Grewal said. It began when three Clifton o…

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UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd
Update: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's early last week as a Union Township resident. Antwan Whitlock, 35, remained hospitalized Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the Dec. 27 incident in Clifton. He's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and weapons possession and will be brought before a judge for a first appearance as soon as he's physically able. It began when three Clifton officers responded to…

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UPDATE: Suspect Slashes Clifton Officer, Stabs Himself In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos UPDATE: Suspect Slashes Clifton Officer, Stabs Himself In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos
Update: Suspect Slashes Clifton Officer, Stabs Himself In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos UPDATE: A man slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him Sunday at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's, authorities said. Authorities later identified him as Antwan Whitlock, 35, of Union Township. Whitlock remained hospitalized at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson as of Jan. 5. The officer was treated at St. Joe's before being released. SEE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd It began when three Clifton officers responded to a report of a guest having "mental health crisis" at …

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Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos
Clifton Officer Slashed, Shots Fired In Confrontation At Route 3 HoJos UPDATE: A man slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him Sunday at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's, authorities said. Authorities later identified him as Antwan Whitlock, 35, of Union Township. Whitlock remained hospitalized at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson as of Jan. 5. The officer was treated at St. Joe's before being released. SEE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd It began when three Clifton officers responded to a report of a guest having "mental health crisis" at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during…

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Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco