1. On October 31, 2024, at approximately 1:55 a.m., Police Officers Zackary Guido and Alexander Miller observed a vehicle on 11th Street near Washington Street with extensive damage including the front driver-side door being held together by cords. They pulled the car over for unsafe conditions. The driver, later identified as 42-year-old Eric Cave of Jersey City, was unable to produce proof of insurance. Sgt. Michael Straten and Police Officers Ronald Kibitlewski, Aaron Font, Mark Mooreman, and Daniela Simone arrived on the scene to assist. It was discovered Cave had multiple warrants for his arrest out of Jersey City, Irvington, and Mansfield. Cave was placed under arrest and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where he was processed and released with summonses for driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without a license, failure to provide proof of insurance, and driving a vehicle in an unsafe condition. The owner of the car was also issued summonses for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle and for having an uninsured motor vehicle.
2. On October 31, 2024, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Sgt. Tyler Soto and Police Officers Frank Lombardo, Enrico Gnassi, Dylan Archilla, Alexander Miller, Marco Grossman, and Shelby Sieckendick responded to Church Square Park on reports that a man was yelling and cursing at children and elderly people, and then began hitting people. Upon arrival, witnesses pointed to the actor, later identified as 31-year-old Troy Timberlake, and he was detained. An on-scene investigation determined Timberlake was yelling and cursing at people as they walked by the gazebo, including one woman who he also spit on. When she turned to address Timberlake, he punched her and then followed her out of the park and punched her multiple times, knocking her unconscious. He then approached another victim, hitting him on the back of his head, near a playground in the park. Witnesses and officers believed by doing this, Timberlake put multiple children in danger. Hoboken EMS/Volunteer Ambulance Corps arrived to treat victims, one of whom was transported to a local hospital for further treatment. Timberlake was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where he continued to yell, scream, and act aggressively. He refused to allow officers to fingerprint and photograph him. He was charged with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim, child cruelty, and refusal to submit fingerprinting. He was ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
3. On October 31, 2024, at approximately 12:20 p.m., Police Officer Alexander Miller responded to the area of Second and River Streets to meet with the victim of an assault who reported he was on the 200 block of Washington Street, when another man began to yell at him, followed him, and hit him in the back of the head and neck for no apparent reason. Detective Jesse Castellano and Police Officers Chelsea Tamborra and Jessica Arebalo were walking in the area where it happened and observed the suspect, whom they identified as 41-year-old Lamar Woodward of Hoboken. A short time later Police Officers Andrias Bonilla and Kyle Seper observed Woodward near the intersection of Third and Madison Streets where he was placed under arrest for simple assault and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. It was discovered he had two warrants out of Hoboken. He was processed and ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
4. On October 31, 2024, at approximately 11:25 p.m. Police Officers Daniela Simone and Jairo De La Cruz responded to the 600 block of Jefferson Street on reports of a trespasser in an apartment. When they arrived, they found a man on a third-floor landing, facing an apartment door. The caller identified the man, later identified as 74-year-old Ishola Akinbowale of Hoboken, as the person who entered her apartment earlier and stood there until she yelled at him to leave. Akinbowale was arrested for criminal trespassing. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters, processed, and released with a summons and court date.
5. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 1:20 a.m., Police Officers Aaron Font and Ronald Kibitlewski were on routine patrol in the area of Second and Jackson Streets, when they noticed a black moped fail to stop at a stop sign. The moped rode up onto the sidewalk and then stopped on the 300 block of Jackson Street. The driver, later identified as 28-year-old Marquis Praylow of Hoboken, was unable to provide identification. Officers observed a knife in his pocket and took it from Praylow. The moped had no license plate, and the VIN number came back as stolen. It was discovered Praylow had a warrant for his arrest. Sgt. Harold Milne arrived to assist and noticed the vehicle had the ignition removed. Praylow was placed under arrest and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where it was discovered he was a certain person not to possess weapons due to a prior conviction for unlawful possession of a handgun. He was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, unlawful possession of a weapon, and certain persons not to possess a weapon. He was also processed on warrants for criminal mischief in Hoboken, driving while suspended in Washington Township, and failure to produce insurance in Union City. He was also issued summonses for failure to stop or yield, failure to exhibit a driver's license, failure to exhibit registration, failure to exhibit insurance, unclear plates, and driving on the sidewalk.
6. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 4:50 a.m., Police Officers Aaron Font and Ronald Kibitlewski responded to Hoboken Police Headquarters to take custody of 27-year-old Andrew Kinney of Union City, who had been transported to HPD by Weehawken Police. He was arrested there for failure to appear in Hoboken. Kinney was processed on a warrant for theft by unlawful taking, and two for failing or refusing to pay a transit fare. He was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
7. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Police Officers John Rodriguez and Shawn Sodora were conducting a building sweep of a Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) building on Sixth Street when they observed and approached a man, later identified as 24-yearold Ramiro Quirola-Vergara of Hackensack. It was learned that the man did not live on HHA property. Officers told him he was under arrest, but he refused to turn around. While handcuffing Quirola-Vegara, he resisted by stiffening and extending his arms and while doing so, he dropped a cylindrical glass pipe with burnt residue onto the floor. It was discovered he had warrants out of North Bergen, Hoboken, and Hudson County. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with defiant trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest. He was processed and ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
8. On November 1, 2024, at approximately 11:15 p.m., Police Officers Nicholas Losurdo and Jairo De La Cruz responded to the 1400 block of Adams Street on reports of an unknown person inside an empty building. Sgt. Harold Milne and Police Officers Shelby Seickendick, Roberto Cuevas, Alyssa Rivera, and Shawn Sodora arrived on scene to assist. They located two people on the second floor, later identified as 38-year-old Francisco Torres of Jersey City and 41-year-old Lena Preston of Newark. Preston was issued a summons for defiant trespassing and released on the scene. Torres was found to have warrants out of Jersey City, Hoboken, and Hudson County. He was also found to be in violation of probation in Connecticut. Torres was charged with defiant trespassing and being a fugitive from justice. He was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
9. On November 2, 2024, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Police Officers Alexander Miller and Anish Bhisey were on patrol on the 50 block of Newark Street, when they heard a disturbance that escalated into a fight. They attempted to break up the fight. Sgt. Harold Milne, Sgt. William Collins, and other units responded to assist. Both individuals were placed under arrest and identified as 24-year-old Damian Rivera of Edison and 23-year-old Malaysia Knowles of Garfield. They were transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. An on-scene investigation revealed the two parties, and their groups of friends, began to argue about costumes they were wearing, and the argument escalated between Rivera and Knowles. Rivera was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct and released with a summons. Knowles was charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. She was also issued a summons and released.
10. On November 3, 2024, at approximately 1:50 a.m., Sgt. Michael Losurdo was flagged down by employees of Texas Arizona, 76 River St., who told him two people were trying to use false foreign government identification. Police Officer Nasir Wiley responded to assist. The two men, later identified as 20-year-old Hirad Sharifian of New Providence and 19-year-old Leonid Smilevski of Egg Harbor Township were arrested, transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters, and charged with forgery and knowingly exhibiting a false government issued driver's license or other ID. They were both processed and released on a summons.
11. On November 3, 2024, at approximately 6 a.m., Police Officers Geovanni Cruzado and David Chicara responded to the 100 block of Garden Street on reports of an unknown individual knocking on the caller's door. The caller also believed the man fell asleep directly in front of their apartment door. When they arrived, the officers were able to tell that someone had recently forced open a bolted front door. They located a man who fit the description of the actor, sleeping on the third floor. They woke up the man, later identified as 26-year-old Ciaran O’Connor of Ireland, and he couldn’t explain why he was there. O’Connor was placed under arrest and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. He was charged with criminal mischief and burglary and released with a summons and a court date.
12. On November 3, 2024, at approximately 5:35 p.m., Sgt. Francis McCourt was on patrol on the 300 block of Monroe Street when he saw a man sitting on the steps of a closed business. When he approached the man, later identified as 53-year-old John O’Conner of Jersey City, he saw him using a lighter and glass cylindrical shaped pipe. Police Officers Roberto Cuevas and Alyssa Rivera responded to assist and placed O’Conner under arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia. A search incident to arrest revealed a small pink plastic container that contained a white rock like substance suspected to be CDS crack cocaine. Two more plastic containers were also located, both with white residue, along with another glass cylindrical pipe. Police Officers Christopher Barral and Shawn Sodora arrived to assist. Officers also found copper mesh on the stairs near where O’Conner was sitting. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where he refused to be fingerprinted and photographed. He was charged with possession of CDS, possession of drug paraphernalia, and refusal to submit fingerprints. He was released with a summons.
13. On November 4, 2024, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Police Officers Nasir Wille and Rose Kanan responded to The Hoboken Shelter, 300 Bloomfield St., on reports of an intoxicated female refusing to leave. The officers escorted the woman, identified as 20-year-old Shante Boozer of Hoboken, out of the shelter at the request of management. About 15 minutes later, officers responded back to the shelter on reports that Boozer had returned. When she was told she had to leave, Boozer became agitated, began shouting profanities at the officers, and banged on exterior walls of the shelter. She was told she was being placed under arrest, and she attempted to resist by flailing her arms and tensing up. Once she was placed under arrest, she was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where she continued to be uncooperative. She was found to have a warrant out of Georgia. She was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting or eluding arrest, criminal trespassing, and refusal to submit fingerprints. She was ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
14. On November 5, 2024, at approximately 8:40 a.m., Police Officers Daniel Baron and Jaydan Gonzalez responded to the 500 block of Madison Street, after off duty Police Officer Joseph Lupo reported seeing 51-year-old Diane Luciano of Hoboken, who officers knew was wanted on multiple warrants for package thefts in recent weeks. Officers located Luciano on the 700 block of Monroe Street and placed her under arrest. She was charged with theft and burglary in connection to reports of a package theft on the 50 block of Jackson Street taken on Nov. 3 by Police Officers Harry Montalvo and Dylan Archilla and another report of package theft on the 100 block of Paterson Avenue taken on Oct. 30 by Officers John Lawton and Shyenna Vega. During a search incident to arrest, officers found a glass cylindrical pipe with burnt ends and a metal push rod on Luciano. She was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Multiple warrants for burglary and theft were confirmed. Luciano was ultimately processed on all charges at Hoboken Police Headquarters and taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
15. On November 5, 2024, at approximately 12:25 p.m., Police Officers Arturo Gonzalez and Jennifer Lee responded to the 300 block of Harrison Street on reports of a nonresident in the stairwell of a residential building on Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) property. Police Officers Joseph DiMartino, Ramon Estrella, and Tyrone Huggins also responded. Officers located a woman, later identified as 30-year-old Shakeema Barnes of Union City, sitting on the steps, with a glass cylindrical tube with steel wool and burn marks in one hand, and white powdery rock substance and a lighter in her other hand. Barnes was placed under arrest and a search incident to arrest located steel wool and a small tree twig, which is often used as a push rod. She was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with possession of CDS crack cocaine, defiant trespassing, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
16. On November 6, 2024, at approximately 2 p.m., Police Officers Jason Montalvo, Carmen Benitez, and Tyrone Huggins responded to Lululemon, 313 Washington St., on reports of a shoplifting with two actors. Both were still in the store when police arrived, and they were later identified as 27-year-old Jaquan Miles of Newark and 38-year-old Rahquan Smalls of Pleasantville. An on-scene investigation determined Miles and Smalls conspired together to shoplift at the store. Both were arrested and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where they were charged with shoplifting and conspiracy to commit shoplifting. Miles was also found to have one outstanding warrant out of Newark. Small was found to have four warrants out of Newark, Stafford Township, Pleasantville, and Irvington. After being processed, both men were transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
17. On November 6, 2024, at approximately 9:30 a.m., Corine Stamour of Brooklyn, NY, arrived at Hoboken Police Headquarters to be processed on charges of harassment and making terroristic threats. Stamour was wanted in connection with a report filed on Oct. 4, by a Hoboken resident who reported to Police Officer Harry Montalvo that he had been receiving threatening text messages from an unknown person who demanded money. A follow-up investigation by Police Officer Chelsea Tambora identified Stamour as the actor in the case. After being processed, Stamour was released with a summons.