Off Duty Officer Nabs Hoboken Porch Pirates

A keen-eyed, off-duty police officer helped nabbed a pair of package thieves in Hoboken, authorities said.

Monroe Street at 5th Street, Hoboken
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10/23/2020 11:27 a.m.

Hoboken officer Tyrone Huggins spotted two men taking a package from an apartment building near 5th and Monroe streets Thursday Oct. 22 around 7:40 p.m., Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said.

The man, later identified as Moises Cabrera and Justin Reyes, both of Union City, took the contents out from inside of the package then threw the box away in nearby bushes, police said.

Huggins followed Cabrera, 31, and Reyes, 28, until on-duty officers arrived and placed them under arrest near 720 Monroe St., authorities said.

Both Reyes and Cabrera were charged with burglary and theft, and remanded to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.

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