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Drunk Driver Hit Two Parked Cars, Fled Scene In Hoboken: Authorities Drunk Driver Hit Two Parked Cars, Fled Scene In Hoboken: Authorities
Drunk Driver Hit Two Parked Cars, Fled Scene In Hoboken: Authorities A 22-year-old Carteret man was arrested and charged after he struck two parked cars and fled the scene on the early morning of Sunday, July 7, authorities said. At 12:30 a.m., Jefferson Sanchez hit the two vehicles at the intersection of Newark and Hudson Streets, a spokeswoman for the Hoboken police said. Sanchez tried to flee the scene before being stopped by Hoboken police, New Jersey Transit police and pedestrians in the area, authorities said. Sanchez was charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving, authorities said. He was released int…

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by Sam Barron
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Swatting Hoax Probed By Hoboken Police Swatting Hoax Probed By Hoboken Police
Swatting Hoax Probed By Hoboken Police A report of a shooting in Hoboken on Monday, April 17 turned out to be a swatting hoax, police said. Police responded to Grand Street between 1st and Newark Streets, along with fire, EMS and police officers from the nearby Stevens Police Department. Officers closed down Grand Street as they began their investigation. Officers soon determined the call was fake and there was no threat to public safety, police said. Officers went unit by unit letting residents of the building know about the hoax. Police are still investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Ryan H…

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by Sam Barron
Real Estate
Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality
Hoboken Hilton One Step Closer To Reality The Hoboken Hilton is one step closer to becoming a reality. KMS Development Partners, the company behind the plan to build the 20-story hotel on the south end of Hoboken’s waterfront, closed on a subdivided US Postal Service (USPS) lot located on Sinatra Drive between Newark Street and First Street on Aug. 3. After 10 years of working with the USPS and pursuing local permitting approvals, the purchase of the property marks the latest in a long list of project development milestones and brings the project one step closer to becoming a reality. The hotel will be located on the subdivided lot…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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
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Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say
Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say A man from Newark was arrested after police found him swinging a machete over his head while walking Hoboken streets, authorities said. A 911 caller reported a man, later identified as Razhem Smith, 36, who brandished the weapon near the PATH Station and Hudson Place around 3 p.m. Sunday, Hoboken police said. Another call came in about 15 minutes later for a man matching the same description using a machete to chop a tree near Third Avenue and Washington Street, police said. A third call came in minutes later for a man swinging a machete in the air on Newark Street near New York Sports Clu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
KNOCKED COLD: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say KNOCKED COLD: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say
Knocked Cold: Morris County Man Charged In Hoboken Assault, Police Say A Morris County man was charged with assault after punching a man so hard that he went unconscious while out in Hoboken, authorities said. Detectives Adam Colon and John Quinones were near River and Newark streets (close to Texas Arizona) around 2:20 a.m. Sunday when they watched Michael Monica, 23, of Wharton, punch another man square in the face, Hoboken police said. The man was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground as Monica tried to flee, according to police. The detectives caught up with Monica, who was charged with aggravated assault, as the victim was treated by another office …

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by Cecilia Levine