2 At Large After Woman Held For Ransom, Boyfriend Beaten At North Jersey Hotel: Police

Five men forced their way into a room at the Wayne Inn hotel on Route 23 South Thursday, beating and robbing a man before telling him his girlfriend would be killed if he did not pay a $2,000 ransom, police said.

Three Paterson men were arrested in connection with the incident, Detective Sgt. Robert Simpson said in a news release.

The victim told police that after the men robbed him of his cash and prescription medication, they threatened to kill his girlfriend if he did not give them $2,000 by noon, Simpson said.

The victim's girlfriend was being held against her will at a Paterson residence, Simpson said.

Wayne police detectives and Paterson police officers found the woman safe at a Paterson residence, the detective said.

Three men at that residence were arrested were identified as Joaquin Bennett, 31, Daris Wilkerson, 50, and Reginald Bryant, 45, all of Paterson, Simpson said. They were all charged with and charged with aggravated assault, robbery, and burglary, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and criminal coercion, Simpson said.

Bail was set at $100,000 for each man and they were taken to the Passaic County Jail.

Two men remain at large and an investigation is ongoing, Simpson said.

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Photos: Daris Wilkerson, 50, Reginald Bryant, 45, and Joaquin Bennett, 31, all of Paterson — Wayne Police Department