Sixth Defendant Charged In Armed Edgewater Robbery Being Held In Westchester

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: The broad-daylight holdup of an Edgewater shopper last fall was committed by an armed robbery crew that included a Bronx man who was arrested this week in Westchester, authorities said.

Jose A. Santana Torres, 22, and his partners followed the victim from Hudson County to an unidentified shopping center on River Road in Edgewater last Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said
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Jerry DeMarco

04/17/2024 5:53 p.m.

Jose A. Santana Torres, 22, and his partners followed the victim from Hudson County to an unidentified shopping center on River Road in last Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

Two of them approached the victim and stole a watch at gunpoint while a third member of the crew served as lookout.

The robbers then hopped into getaway vehicles driven by companions.

The mid-afternoon holdup was the first of three separate robberies tied to the crew – two in Edgewater and one in which a victim was stabbed in the driveway of his Palisades Park home.

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Santana Torres – also known as “Roberto Daniel Clementi Giron” -- became the sixth defendant charged on Tuesday, April 16, Musella said.

Torres has been held since Monday by the Westchester County Department of Correction in Valhalla, NY, following his arrest for a robbery in Yonkers, records show.

He'll eventually be extradited to New Jersey to face charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy and weapons possession, Musella said.

The prosecutor cited the contributions of Edgewater, Palisades Park and Port Authority police, the NYPD, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, the Westchester DOC and the FBI.

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