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Ronnie Shertel
Police & Fire
Somerset Former Marine Surrenders To SWAT In Second Hotel Standoff In Month
A SWAT team standoff at a Saddle Brook motel ended Friday night with the arrest of a former Marine from Somerset County who'd been seized with a gun by the same unit at an Elmwood Park hotel last month. Ronnie Shertel, 37, of Hillsborough called 911 from the Crowne Plaza hotel off Route 80 in Saddle Brook around 10:30 p.m. Friday, saying he'd heard shots in the next room, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "Help me! Help me!" he shouted before hanging up, Kugler said. When police arrived, Shertel shouted from inside for them to break down the door, the chief said. They established a perimet…
Police & Fire
SWAT Team, Police Seize Hillsborough Man With Gun At Motel
Elmwood Park police backed by a SWAT team seized a former Marine from Somerset County who they said had a gun tucked in his waistband at a Route 46 motel Wednesday morning. A 9 a.m. caller told police that a man had a gun at the Red Carpet Motel on Route 46, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Borough police responded with a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and county sheriff's officers and established a perimeter, Foligno said. A room where the man was believed to be was cleared, along with an adjoining room, the chief said. Video surveillance showed the suspect --identified as Ronnie She…