‘Long, hard glares’ lead to alleged altercation
A 20-year-old Belleville resident was charged with aggravated assault and simple assault after allegedly attacking two females in a restaurant on the 200 block of Washington Street last weekend.
Police were called to a restaurant at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 on the report of an assault. Officers met with one victim who had two lacerations on her face, and stated she was assaulted by one Hispanic female, according to police. The incident began after the victim and the alleged attacker exchanged “long, hard glares,” according to a police report.
The victim stated that the alleged attacker and her friends fled south on Washington Street, and a second victim was following the group.
Police stopped a 20-year-old Belleville woman near the 100 block of Washington Street. The victim identified the 20-year-old as her attacker, and she was taken into custody.
Two arrests in one day
While March 2 may have been just an average Wednesday for many residents, that wasn’t the case for Derek Hewlett, according to police.
The 30-year-old Scranton, Pa. man was arrested and charged with theft of services on the morning of March 2, and then arrested later that day after an alleged altercation downtown. The second time, he was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, according to police.
Police were called to the 600 block of Park Avenue after an alleged taxi dispute, according to a police report, at approximately 3 a.m. on March 2. Police say they spoke to the New York City taxi driver who alleged that Hewlett did not have $47 for a cab fare for a trip from the Bronx to Hoboken. The driver said Hewlett was “heavily intoxicated” and told him a friend who lives nearby would take care of the cab fare. However, when police rang the doorbell of the friend, the man stated he did not want to get involved and would not pay the fare. Hewlett was arrested for theft of services and later released.
At 11:24 p.m. on the same day, police were called to a bar on the 300 block of Washington Street due to a report of a disorderly person. After police arrived, they did not see anyone outside but did speak with the establishment’s bouncer, who said a young, white male just entered and appeared to be intoxicated and bothering people.
Police say the man was trying to find a taxi to Scranton, Pa., and they determined he was heavily intoxicated, according to the report. So police called the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corp., at which point Hewlett tried to re-enter the bar, according to police. Hewlett then allegedly fled from police officers, but was caught near Bloomfield and Third streets, where police wrestled him onto a parked car, according to a report. Hewlett was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.
Marijuana and cocaine arrests at the Housing Authority
During a regular police sweep of a Housing Authority building located on the 300 block of Jackson Street last weekend, police arrested five individuals for various charges.
On Feb. 27 at approximately 11 p.m., police say they walked into a stairwell of a Housing Authority building and heard a loud group in the stairwell. Police approached the group and walked into “a cloud of smoke” that smelled of marijuana, according to police. After police called for backup, two of the individuals alleged walked away from police and toward an exit, but were later stopped after an officer stepped in front of an exit door. After a search of the five individuals, police made arrests.
Ramon Antonette, 34, of Jersey City, and Shaquil Huggins, 18, of Hoboken, were charged with defiant trespass. Visitors of the Housing Authority are required to sign in upon entering the Housing Authority.
Anibal Gonzalez, 33, of Union City, was charged with failure to appear stemming from a warrant in Jersey City, obstruction of the administration of law, and defiant trespass.
After police searched Tyquan Chisolm, 20, of Hoboken, they say they found what they allege to be a small bag of marijuana. Chisolm was charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams and defiant trespass.
After a search of Sammy Gilyard, 29, of Jersey City, police say they discovered what they allege to be various drugs and paraphernalia. Gilyard was charged with possession of cocaine, obstruction of the law, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of marijuana within 500 feet of a federal housing complex, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of cocaine within 500 feet of a federal housing complex, possession of marijuana under 50 grams, possession of CDS paraphernalia, and defiant trespass.
Juvenile assaulted; arrest made
A 36-year-old Washington Street resident, Eduardo Malave, was arrested on March 2 and charged with simple assault after he allegedly pushed a juvenile into a parked car near the 300 block of Washington St.
A 17-year-old resident called police after a man allegedly assaulted him at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Earlier in the day, police issued a summons to Malave for drinking in public, and when they heard the description supplied by the juvenile, they went to Malave’s residence, according to police.
Police say that when they arrived at the man’s residence, he allegedly said to police that he knew the police were there to arrest him “for pushing that kid.”
Police then arrested Malave and charged him with simple assault.
$14K in rings missing
A 27-year-old Hoboken woman filed a police report for property lost on Feb. 26 at approximately 3 a.m. after she reported two rings valued at almost $14,500 total missing.
The victim stated that on the evening of Feb. 25, at approximately 10:40 p.m., she took off her rings in the bathroom in a Hoboken hotel. She stated that she left the rings on top of the sink accidentally, and didn’t realize until later that she had left them there.
Upon returning, she said, her $13,000 2.05-karat ring and $1,450 pearl ring were both missing. She notified a member of the building’s security, who searched the bathroom with the woman and could not find the rings. After the search proved futile, the woman filed a report of missing property.