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Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout
Let's Hear It! Clifton 'Cheer Mom' Leads Police To Fugitive's Hideout CLIFTON, N.J. -- A self-proclaimed "cheer mom" from Clifton who led police to a vacant house where a fugitive from Newark was hiding out said her gut "told me this guy was bad news." Officers surrounded the house, shouting demands for Martin Adam Burnett, 47, of Coal Township, PA to surrender after they spotted him standing with a flashlight in the bay window of the Springdale Court home. After about 45 minutes, they kicked the door in, then found him hiding in the attic with bolt and glass cutters and other burglary tools, authorities said. The mom, whose name was bein…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Neighbor Leads Clifton PD To Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Vacant House Neighbor Leads Clifton PD To Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Vacant House
Neighbor Leads Clifton PD To Wanted Pennsylvania Man In Vacant House CLIFTON, N.J. -- A neighbor who noticed a man going in and out of a vacant home called Clifton police, who said they found the stranger hiding in the attic with bolt and glass cutters and other burglary tools. Martin Adam Burnett, 47, of Coal Township, PA, had an outstanding warrant out of South Jersey, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Burnett was standing with a flashlight in the bay window of the Springdale Court home, then hid as responding officers pulled up, Bracken said. They eventually found and arrested him, the lieutenant said. Outside the home was a car that Burnett was using …

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by Jerry DeMarco