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Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail
Meadowlands Hotel Housekeeper Finds Loaded Gun In Room, PA Guest Goes To Jail A Pennsylvania man found himself in jail after a housekeeper at a hotel across the highway from MetLife Stadium found a loaded gun in his room, authorities said. The 9mm Springfield Armory XD-E pistol found on a nightstand at the Hilton Meadowlands on eastbound Route 3 had eight hollow-point bullets in the magazine and a round in the chamber, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Royal Spraggins, 35, of Sharon Hill, PA, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, July 11, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, records show. He's c…

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Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife
Pedestrian Struck By SUV Just Off Route 17 Near MetLife A pedestrian was hospitalized with a head injury after being struck by an SUV just off Route 17 near MetLife Stadium, authorities said. A 42-year-old Hawthorne driver was making a left off the northbound highway onto Paterson Plank Road when her 2020 Chevy Equinox hit the 29-year-old man shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, East Rutherford Police Chief Dennis Rivelli said. The pedestrian, who refused to provide an address, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a minor head injury, the chief said. Any summonses would be pending the results of a police investigation,…

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Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror
Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror A man walking from MetLife Stadium on Route 3 after the Giants-Cowboys Monday Night Football game was clocked in the head by the mirror of a rental truck. The 29-year-old victim from North Bergen was headed eastbound near the Hackensack River bridge when he was whacked from behind by the mirror of a Ryder Chevy, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. He tried to keep walking but required medical attention and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by East Rutherford EMS, the captain said. The 61-year-old driver from Paterson remained at the scene, he said. No summonse…

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Two Women Found Dead In Home Near NJ Meadowlands Two Women Found Dead In Home Near NJ Meadowlands
Two Women Found Dead In Home Near NJ Meadowlands A 56-year-old woman and her 31-year-old daughter were found dead Monday, June 20, in the elder woman's East Rutherford home down the block from the borough police station. A man said to have been the former spouse of the property owner apparently found the bodies of Nancy Marie Jocks and her daughter, Alexis O'Boyle of Woodland Park, in the rented unit off southbound Route 17 just past Route 120, barely two miles from MetLife Stadium. There were no signs of foul play, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said later that day. Authorities initially suspected carbon monoxide might be to blam…

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