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Jacob Gibbs, 26, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession in the stabbing at the recently opened One500 luxury apartment complex on Teaneck Road shortly before 4 p.m. Nov. 1.
Gibbs, who is 6-foot-2 and has dreadlocks, was quickly identified, authorities said.
“Detectives following up leads” captured him at a Bogota home the next day, Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said.
It turned out Gibbs, of Teaneck, was already wanted on warrants out of Fair Lawn and the township, records show.
Gibbs has been in and out of custody since Teaneck police charged him with aggravated assault and weapons possession in 2015, less than three months after he turned 18, records show.
More arrests followed that year, including separate drug busts in Hackensack and Englewood.
Gibbs was arrested in Hackensack on burglary and theft charges in September 2017. A judge released him less than three days later under what was then the brand-new New Jersey bail reform law, according to court records.
Soon after that, Westwood police reported finding a stolen car outside a local home and Gibbs inside, rifling through an upstairs bedroom dresser.
He tried to run but was caught carrying stolen jewelry, cash, cellphone and wallets, along with a switchblade, burglary tools and a small amount of pot, they said.
Gibbs was released pending trial – only to be re-arrested less than a week later after an overnight stolen car chase ended in a crash in Hackensack. Speeds had reached more than 100 miles an hour, law enforcement sources said at the time.
At only 20 years old, Gibbs had amassed a sizable adult rap sheet of offenses in various towns.
This was followed by a series of drug court violations, records show.
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