Lyndhurst PD: Special Needs Adult Charged With Asking Boy On Street If He Was Gay, Needed Ride

A special needs adult from Belleville was taken into custody after he approached a 15-year-old Lyndhurst boy, asked if he was gay, then offered him a ride home, authorities said.

Intersection of Kingsland and Riverside avenues in Lyndhurst.
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Jerry DeMarco

01/17/2019 2:28 p.m.

"At no point did the suspect make or attempt to make physical contact with the juvenile," Detective Vincent Auteri said Thursday.

The teen told police he was walking home when 52-year-old Jeffrey Nobile approached him in the area of Kingsland and Riverside avenues around 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Using his real name, he introduced himself, then asked the boy if he was gay and needed a ride, Auteri said.

The boy ran and called police from a nearby business, he said.

Based on a detailed description from the boy, Detective Rich Holicki identified Nobile as a suspect.

He was eventually charged with luring or enticing a child and sent to the Bergen County Jail.

A judge in Hackensack freed Nobile on Wednesday to the custody of his family.

Lyndhurst police thanked their Carlstadt colleagues for helping with the case.

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