The woman was staying at the Meadowlands Plaza Hotel when a thin white man with short white hair flashed a black handgun, stole $500 and a cell phone and fled on foot shortly before 9 p.m. last Thursday, Secaucus Police Capt. Dennis Miller said
He was described as about 5-foot-8, wearing a yellow button-down shirt, black tie, black pants and black jacket with a yellow and orange logo.
Police didn't comment on whether the two might have known one another or what the woman was doing there.
East Rutherford police, the Hudson County Sheriff's Office and the sheriff's K-9 unit assisted in searching for the robber.
Anyone with information can call Secaucus police (201) 330-2060.
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