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Out-Of-Town Driver Busted With 'Shrooms, Acid, Pot, More, Elmwood Park PD Says
Elmwood Park police busted a repeat offender with mushrooms, LSD, pot and prescription pills, authorities said.
Brandon J. Soto, 25, of East Orange blew a stop sign off the ramp from eastbound Route 46 onto Stefanic Avenue and was pulled over by members of the Street Crimes Unit, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
The officers had followed Soto’s 2008 Acura TL from the nearby Red Carpet Inn, the chief said.
Their suspicions aroused, they called for a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, which lead them to a search that turned up a trove of drugs.
These included psilocybin mushro…
Suspect Hospitalized Following Burglary At ‘Nuisance’ Motel In Morris County: Police
A man accused of burglarizing a Morris County motel that was previously cited for excessive calls to police was later hospitalized for evaluation, authorities said.
Tyler Herrick, 25, was identified as the suspect in a burglary at a motel room at the Red Carpet Inn in Hanover on Wednesday, Feb. 2, police Chief Loock said in a Tuesday release.
Herrick, of Morristown, was arrested a short time later as officers found him roaming the halls.
Herrick was charged with burglary, trespassing, theft of movable property, receiving stolen property, under the influence of CDS, possession of drug parap…
Three Busted Dealing Drugs At Hotel In Fairfield County
Three men were nabbed along with a juvenile during the execution of two search warrants in connection with drug trafficking at a Fairfield County hotel.
The three men, including John-Rafael Heath, 33, of Bridgeport; Nino Miller-Marks, 33, of Norwalk, and Joseph Segarra-Jimenez, 22, of Bridgeport, were arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by the detectives with the Norwalk Police Department at the Red Carpet Inn in Norwalk, said Lt. Jared Zwickler.
During the search of a room at the hotel, officers recovered illegal drugs from both a vehicle used by the men, and the hotel room cons…
Couple Found With Hollow Nose Bullets, Drugs, Handgun During Morris County Motel Dispute
Police called to investigate a dispute between a man and woman at a Morris County motel found they had drugs and a handgun, authorities said.
India Nath, 19, and Logan Jamison, 20, were staying at the Red Carpet Inn Oct. 1 when a search of their room turned up a handgun, hollow-nose bullets, drugs and paraphernalia, Hanover Police Chief Mark Roddy said.
Noth, of Edison, was released with a court date after she was charged with criminal mischief, simple assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose.
Jamison, of East Orange, was charged with prohibited weapons (hollow-nose bullets)…
PD: Morris County Man Who Forced Woman Into Prostitution Nabbed For Armed Robbery -- Again
A Morris County man accused of forcing a woman into prostitution with drugs for more than a month has been charged in an additional armed robbery from 2018, authorities said.
Jeremiah Forde, 39, is accused of beating a victim with an expandable baton and throwing them through a sliding glass door, causing severe injuries during an armed robbery at the Red Carpet Inn on Nov. 14, 2018, Hanover Police Chief Mark D. Roddy said.
Forde, who is being held at the Morris County Correctional Facility on unrelated offenses, was charged with armed robbery, authorities said.
Forde, of Budd Lake, was ac…
Man Chokes, Threatens To Shoot, Sexually Assaults Victim At Norwalk Motel, Police Say
A New York man was arrested after he allegedly choked and threatened to shoot another man he had spent the night with at a Norwalk hotel.
Norwalk Police learned of the incident when a man called 911around noon on Wednesday, March 27, from the Red Carpet Inn at 469 Westport Ave., saying that another man had choked him, left, and may have a gun and that he was coming back to the room, said Norwalk Police Sgt. Sofia Guilno.
Officers responded immediately, taking positions around the perimeter of the location. A key was obtained from the management of the facility. As officers were preparing to…
Woman On Parole, Convicted Felon Nabbed With Heroin, Loaded Gun At Stamford Hotel
A convicted felon on federal probation and a woman on state parole were nabbed with a large amount of heroin and a loaded gun and ammunition during a takedown at a local hotel.
The two were busted when the Stamford Police Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit received intel that they would be in town to make a large heroin delivery at the notorious Red Carpet Inn, 1209 East Main St., early Friday, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin.
After receiving the information, agents staked out the area and around 1:30 a.m. Friday, Linwood Cogdell, 30, of Waterbury and Caitlyn Durkin, 30, of Sandy…
Convicted Felon Nabbed With Loaded Gun At Stamford Motel, Police Say
Stamford police nabbed a 25-year-old man with a long rap sheet with a 40-caliber pistol at the Red Carpet Inn.
Joshua Hinton, of Stratford, was arrested Thursday, July 19, after officers with the Narcotics and Organized Crime Squad received intel that he planned to visit the motel with the gun, said Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin.
Members of the squad, along with members of the Strategic Response Team and the patrol unit set up on the motel to wait for his arrival, Conklin said.
Around 4 p.m., an older model Toyota pulled into the rear parking lot and the team, who made a positive i…
