UPDATE: Police Release Description Of Suspects From New Year's Day Motel Robbery

Police are seeking two black-male suspects in connection to the New Year’s Day motel robbery in Bridgewater which left a female night clerk with multiple injuries.

The two suspects are described as followed:

Suspect 1:

• Light skin black male
• 5’9”- 5’11”
• slender build,
• wearing a black “snorkel” jacket
• black beanie cap
• and dark pants

Suspect 2:

• Black male
• 5’10”- 5’11”
• medium build
• wearing a dark colored face mask
• gray hooded sweatshirt
• blue jacket with white stripe
• dark colored jeans
• black shoes
• and gloves

Both suspects were armed with handguns at the time of robbery.

Police responded to reports of a possible shooting around 4:20 a.m. at the Americas Best Value Inn located on Route 22 and found the 46-year-old woman had sustained multiple lacerations to her head, and a graze gunshot wound to her leg.

The victim told police that the two suspects entered the front entrance of the building separately, both brandishing guns toward her.

According to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the clerk complied with the suspects’ demands and handed an undisclosed amount of money over to them.

The suspects then led the clerk to the back office of the motel at gunpoint and demanded additional money while pistol-whipping the victim. One of the suspects also fired their weapon, striking the clerk in her right calf and causing a minor graze wound.

The suspects reportedly fled on foot heading south across Route 22 West near the Bridgewater Diner.

Prosecutor Soriano, Chief Fitzgerald and Chief Caravela ask that anyone who may have been in the area at the time of the incident or who may have witnessed the suspects as they fled on foot, or entered into a motor vehicle, to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (908) 231-7100, the Bridgewater Township Police Department at (908) 722-4111.

Those with information who want to remain anonymous can contact the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477) or online at www.888577tips.orgor www.scpo.netand click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”. All Crime Stopper tips will be kept confidential.