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Woman Walks Into Route 3 Hotel Room, Steals Cell Phone, Police Say
A woman from Passaic was arrested after she walked into a stranger’s unlocked hotel room and stole her phone, police in Clifton said.
Officers responded to the Howard Johnson's hotel on Route 3 West on Monday, June 2, 2025, around an undisclosed time, after a 23-year-old woman reported her phone had been stolen, according to the Clifton Police Department.
The victim told police that another woman walked into her room while the door was momentarily left unlocked. The woman grabbed the victim’s cell phone and ran off.
The victim followed the woman, later identified as Natalie Valles, 42, of …
Masked Men Rob NJ Hotels Days Apart — Prosecutor: 'We Got Them'
Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with armed hotel robberies in Bergen and Essex counties, authorities announced.
Jibril M. Beamon, 32, of Somerset, and Shedrick A. Goodridge III, 35, of Jersey City, were charged after a months-long investigation led by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Teaneck Police Department, and Newark Police Department, Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at approximately 5:15 a.m., Teaneck police responded to an armed robbery at the Hampton Inn. Two employees told officers a masked man with a gun entered the lobby, motio…
Prostitution Bust At Motels, Massage Parlors Nets 18 Arrests, $22K: Passaic Sheriff
Eighteen people were arrested and more than $22,000 was seized in a widespread prostitution bust across Passaic County, authorities said.
Acting on citizen complains, multiple divisions of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office conducted a quality of life operation on July 23 and 24, Acting Sheriff Gary Giardina said.
The detail targeted massage parlors and hotels across Passaic County, and found that the establishments were collecting illegal profits through prostitution related activities, Giardina said. The total number seized was $22,206.
During the detail, detectives working i…