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6-6, 400-Pound Man Tased By Ramapo PD Now In Florida After Violating Parole For Past Murder 6-6, 400-Pound Man Tased By Ramapo PD Now In Florida After Violating Parole For Past Murder
6-6, 400-Pound Man Tased By Ramapo PD Now In Florida After Violating Parole For Past Murder A 6-foot-6, 400-pound man who had to be tased by Ramapo Police in March for attempted carjacking and assault, is being held in Miami, where he was wanted for violating his parole on a past murder. Alexander Martinez, 51, of Carteret, New Jersey, was arrested around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, after Ramapo Police received a call about a man attempting to gain access to an office on Route 45 in New Hempstead, said Ramapo Police Lt. Daniel Hyman Martinez fled and reportedly approached the driver of another vehicle on the roadway, punching him. When responding officers located Martinez he ref…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Alert Issued For Wanted Rockland Suspect Alert Issued For Wanted Rockland Suspect
Alert Issued For Wanted Rockland Suspect Have you seen him? Investigators from the Ramapo Police Department have issued an alert for 41-year-old Raul Idrovo-Barrera, who is wanted in the area on several charges after allegedly driving while impaired and failing to show up for court appearances. According to police, Idrovo-Barrera is wanted on charges that include driving while intoxicated, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and disobeying a traffic control device. His last known address was in Carteret, New Jersey. Anyone with information regarding Idrovo-Barrera’s whereabouts has been asked to contact police investigators…

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by Zak Failla
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Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere A 46-year-old man admitted that he robbed employees at a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, along with those at a dozen other hotels in New Jersey. Tremone Burnett of Essex County told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-week crime spree that began in April 2014, authorities said. These included New Jersey hotels in Secaucus, N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pounds Of Pot To Yonkers, Prosecutor Says Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pounds Of Pot To Yonkers, Prosecutor Says
Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pounds Of Pot To Yonkers, Prosecutor Says An entertainment producer from New Jersey shipped thousands of pounds of marijuana for sale hidden in musical speakers from the West Coast to Yonkers and elsewhere, said authorities who busted him and two accused accomplices in a special operation. Oscar Holguin, 38, was arrested in the Central Jersey town of Carteret, just off the New Jersey Turnpike, where authorities said he was assisted by 27-year-old local barmaid Natalie Stojano. Also busted were Holguin’s girlfriend, Paula Amador, 29, also of Englewood, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo’s office …

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by Jerry DeMarco