Port Authority police make arrest in Journal Square bicycle thefts

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hoboken ex-con was arrested near his home by Port Authority police after they saw him cut locks and removed two high-grade bicycles that their owners had chained at Journal Square.

Photo Credit: *Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY POLICE*

Jerry DeMarco

07/17/2013 2:27 p.m.

Milton Nesbit, 51, was arrested on Bloomfield Avenue and charged with two counts each of theft, criminal mischief and possession of burglar tools yesterday afternoon, the Port Authority’s Joe Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.

PAPD Sgt. Daniel McCabe reviewed surveillance video and identified Nesbit as the thief, Pentangelo said.

One of the bicycles was recovered, and police were still looking for the other, he said, adding that their combined value exceeds $1,000.

MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY POLICE

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