Three Newark men have been arrested in connection with a shooting during a robbery gone bad at the Howard Johnson Inn on Route 3 in Clifton this past October.
CLIFTON -- Three Newark men have been arrested in connection with a robbery gone bad at the Howard Johnson Inn on Route 3 this past October, police said.
Deshawn Mitchell, Tahir Johnson and Jimmie Nickerson are each facing charges of attempted murder, robbery, aggravated assault and weapons charges, Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken said.
Police say the trio shot a 24-year-old Paterson man multiple times on the third floor of the hotel on the morning of Oct. 23.
The man who was shot and robbed was critically injured but he was later released from the hospital, Bracken said.
Mitchell, Johnson and Nickerson were arrested over the past three months by authorities in Essex and Union counties:
- Mitchell, 27, was picked up by Union County probation on Nov. 23.
- Johnson, 28, was arrested by Transit police in Newark on Dec. 18.
- Nickerson, 24, was arrested by Newark police Friday, Jan. 8.
Clifton police were assisted in their investigation by Newark police, Union police and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force.
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