Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking
Imprisoned Hackensack Child Molester Charged With Stalking A sex offender from Hackensack serving time in state prison for repeatedly molesting a local girl was charged with stalking, records show. In doing so, Favio F. Maldonado violated a no-contact order, according to county records. Maldonado, a 35-year-old former customer service representative, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of nearly seven years in July 2018 for molesting the victim over the course of more than a year, beginning when she was nine. The Honduran native was arrested following an investigation that began when the girl told authorities in 2014 that he'd touched her over and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago 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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison
Paterson HS Teacher Who Offered Students Money For Sex Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison A former Paterson high school teacher who admitted offering to pay students for sex was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in state prison. Thomas Weir, a 56-year-old former teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, was arrested on five years ago after authorities learned that he was having sexually explicit chats with three students of the school over Facebook and through text messages. Weir "was seeking to engage in sexual acts with the students in exchange for money," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.In exchange for a more lenient sentence, Weir plea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
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
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange 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. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco