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Arsonist Torches $1,400 Baby Stroller Outside Bayonne Daycare, Then Approaches Police: Cops
A 37-year-old Jersey City woman was charged with arson for setting an expensive baby stroller on fire outside of a Bayonne daycare center, authorities said.
Surveillance footage captured Khaliyah Bordeaux approaching the $1,400 stroller outside of the Lauren Wendroff Early Children's Academy, at 1050 JFK Blvd., around noon on Monday, Dec. 4, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said in a release.
Bordeaux set the stroller on fire and then fled the scene, police said.
A description of Bordeaux, who was unidentified at the time, was broadcast to all units and a search was conducted…
Three Arrested After Stolen Gun Recovered: Bayonne Police
Three men were arrested in Bayonne on Thursday, Oct. 26 after a stolen gun out of Elizabeth was recovered, Bayonne police said.
Police initially pulled over a BMW on 55th Street and Broadway after observing the driver making numerous traffic violations, police said. Police observed, Micah Brown, a 20-year-old Hillside resident, Nazareth Henry, a 20-year-old Hillside resident and Marquis Cenatus, 27-year-old Elizabeth resident, furtively moving inside the vehicle, police said, even after officers ordered them to remain still.
Police recovered a semi-automatic handgun equipped with a large ca…
Jersey City Woman Busted For Bayonne Burglary: Police
Nancy Wandell, 52-year-old Jersey City woman was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Sept. 5 with breaking into a residence in Bayonne last month, authorities said.
On Saturday, Aug. 5, police responded to a residence on West 42nd Street on a report of a burglary and theft, Captain Eric Amato said. The victim said Wandell entered the apartment and removed her purse, which had the victim's identification and debit/credit cards, Amato said. Bayonne Police investigated and determined Wandell was responsible for the burglary, Amato said.
Wandell was charged with burglary, theft and credit card the…
Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police
A third suspect in a Bayonne drug distribution ring was arrested and found with two loaded guns — all thanks to concerned citizens, police said.
It all began on June 3, residents near West 21st Street tipped police off to suspicious activity, where they witnessed William J. Kenny, 25, and Jovan V. Taylor, 25, both of Jersey City, perform multiple drug deals, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said.
Then, they got into a car driven by Hakeem D. Lester, 34, of Bayonne, police said.
Detectives stopped the car and seized cocaine, heroin, 38 pills of a prescrip…
