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Eliezer Ocasio

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Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours A Jersey City man was arrested less than a day after phoning in bogus bomb threats that put Hoboken University Medical Center in lockdown mode, authorities charged. Eliezer Ocasio, 39, called 911 from a payphone saying he placed a bomb inside of HUMC around 1:25 Sunday afternoon, Hoboken police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The threat was deemed unfounded three hours later, after a search involving several law enforcement agencies, Cabrera said. A subsequent investigation led police to a payphone at 400 Newark St., where detectives were able to identify Ocasio as the caller, police sa…

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by Cecilia Levine