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Genaro Collado, 19, is charged with robbing Exxon stations in Englewood and Ridgefield Park and 7-Elevens in Elmwood Park and Rochelle Park earlier this year.
Collado was with co-defendant Daniel Perez, 20, when Perez put a gun to the head of a clerk at the Exxon gas station on eastbound Route 4 in Englewood and ordered him to open the cash register shortly after 3:30 a.m. Jan. 6, authorities said.
They reportedly fled with $300 in cash.
A review of social media accounts found photos of Collado not only wearing the same clothing -- including underwear -- but also with Perez, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges.
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Collado was wearing the same sweatshirt and pants during the next three robberies, detectives said.
All three happened quickly.
Collado and Perez were among four suspects -- one of them brandishing a folding knife -- who robbed a 7-Eleven on Essex Street just off Routes 80 and 17 in Rochelle Park shortly after 8 p.m. March 17, the complaint says.
They fled with $$3,390, 44 packs of Newports, 14 packs of other cigarrettes and 22 packs of cigars.
Four hours later, just after 12:30 a.m. March 18, Collado and two other robbers held up an Exxon gas station on eastbound Route 46, also at knifepoint, it says.
Twenty-four hours passed before a 7-Eleven on eastbound Route 46 in Elmwood Park was robbed by Collado and three others shortly after 12:30 a.m. March 19, authorities said.
The clerk told police he was on the phone when one of them, brandishing a small knife, walked around the counter and demanded he open the register.
The gang of four fled with $400, 19 packs of Newports and rolling papers, according to the complaint.
Evidence included a social media exchange between Collado and Perez, they said.
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