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SEE ANYTHING? Armed Robbers Accost Guest At Hotel Off Route 80 SEE ANYTHING? Armed Robbers Accost Guest At Hotel Off Route 80
SEE Anything? Armed Robbers Accost Guest At Hotel Off Route 80 A gunman and his partner robbed a visitor at a hotel just off Route 80 in Saddle Brook. The victim was visiting a friend when the bandits robbed him in an elevator at the Crowne Plaza Hotel around 1 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, said Saddle Brook Police Capt. John Zotollo Jr. the officer in charge of the department. What they took at gunpoint wasn't specified, nor was an estimated value given. Responders initially said it was two suitcases but couldn't elaborate. The robbers were described only as Hispanic, with one brandishing a handgun.The victim wasn't injured, Zotollo said. ANYONE w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Breaks Out In North Jersey Hotel Fire Breaks Out In North Jersey Hotel
Fire Breaks Out In North Jersey Hotel Firefighters in Englewood responded to a two-alarm fire at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, according to officials. The fire broke out shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Dec. 7 in an unoccupied room on the 5th floor of the hotel, the Englewood Fire Department suspects it may have been caused by an electric HVAC unit in the room. The fire was brought under control about half an hour later, the rooms below on the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd floors sustained water damage. Nobody was injured.  

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by Joe Gomez
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Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80 Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80
Paterson Man Charged With Sex Assault On Drunken Woman At Saddle Brook Hotel Off Route 80 A Paterson man took advantage of an incapacitated woman at a Saddle Brook hotel, authorities charged. Hakeem Taylor, 22, was “fully aware” that the woman was both under the influence and sleeping in a room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel off Route 80 following a party on Jan. 31, according to a criminal complaint. Eight days later, the woman reported unwelcomed cunnilingus from him to township police, records show. The victim was “incapacitated and unable to provide consent,” Bergen County Prosecutor Musella said Friday in announcing Taylor’s arrest on first-degree aggravated sexual assault char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 46 Walmart Mall Cleared, Homes Evacuated For Hours After Snow Plow Ruptures Propane Tank Route 46 Walmart Mall Cleared, Homes Evacuated For Hours After Snow Plow Ruptures Propane Tank
Route 46 Walmart Mall Cleared, Homes Evacuated For Hours After Snow Plow Ruptures Propane Tank UPDATE: More than a dozen families weren’t able to return to their homes until after 4 a.m. Saturday following a propane tank rupture that cleared a large Route 46 shopping center in Saddle Brook. A bucket loader clearing snow hit the exposed feeder neck of the underground tank shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, triggering a mass response and the evacuation of a Walmart and other stores and homes in and around the Saddle Brook Mall, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. “Due to the large leak and the unknown size of the tanks, there’s a chance of explosion,” Kugler said. “So the entire mall was ev…

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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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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