March 9, 2010 Bank robbery suspect nabbed by hospital security www.privateofficer.com
A 44-year-old Basking Ridge man arrested in the Hunterdon Medical Center parking lot is charged with robbing the PNC Bank near the Route 202/31 circle in Flemington today.
Police believe he went to the Medical Center because hours earlier his girlfriend had apparently intentionally cut herself in the Ramada Inn room in which they were staying in Raritan Township.
The 43-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital and hotel management told Russell B. Kromjong that he had to leave, since the room wasn’t registered to him, Raritan police reported.
Shortly before 9:45 a.m. Kromjong allegedly handed a note to a teller at the bank, which is next to Pizza Hut on Route 202 southbound, seeking cash. The county Prosecutor’s Office said the man didn’t show a weapon.
Witnesses told police that the robber fled south on Route 202 in a blue van. Raritan Township police connected the van with Kromjong and called security at the hospital to alert them, assuming that he went there to be with his girlfriend, said Raritan police Chief Glenn Tabasko.
Hospital security found Kromjong in his van, county Chief of Detectives Dan Hurley said and he was arrested there without incident. Hurley praised hospital security and Raritan police for making a quick connection and arrest. “By keeping him from getting back on the road it avoided a potentially dangerous situation,” said Hurley.
Kromjong was arrested by Tabasko, Lt. Jeffrey Farneski and Patrolman Aaron Roth. He was taken to the county jail, with bail set at $150,000 cash.
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