Nanny caught on cam allegedly smacking infant
Hoboken police were notified on Aug. 2 after parents caught a nanny allegedly smacking a 6-month-old infant in a Maxwell Place residence.
Police say the parents reviewed a tape and saw a nanny they hired from a website allegedly assaulting their infant son. The tape shows the nanny allegedly smacking the baby in the arm four times and then kicking him.
Parents confronted the nanny about the incident, and said that the nanny claimed she wasn’t feeling well. She was fired on the spot, according to police.
The case is under investigation.
$2,000 in unlucky charms
Between March 11 and July 25, someone took 93 expensive “charms” from a store on Washington Street, according to police. Police met with the storeowner who said after a flood in March, the store took inventory of the charms, and counted 200 of them in a box. When the owner recently checked the box again, there were only 107 charms inside.
The stolen charms are estimated to be worth $2,000.
Tracking stolen phone
A Hoboken woman told police that her cell phone was stolen at a bar on the 100 block of River Street in the early hours of July 31.
The cell phone, valued at $400, was taken from the woman’s purse. The victim said she didn’t see anyone take the phone.
A search of the phone’s signal through GPS technology revealed that it was between Third and Fourth streets on Washington Street.
Police are investigating the incident.
That darn 2 a.m. rule
A 37-year-old Jersey City man was charged with failure to disperse and obstructing the law after he allegedly caused a scene on the 100 block of Bloomfield Street outside a bar at 2:35 a.m.
In Hoboken, patrons are not allowed back into a bar after 2 a.m., even though the establishments close at 3 a.m. Those already inside can remain in the bar.
Kirk Lally allegedly tried to open the back door of the bar after 2 a.m., but police told him of the rule. Police say Lally allegedly waited across the street, then tried to open the door again after police walked away.
Lally was issued a summons for disorderly persons. He also allegedly told police he didn’t have any identification. A search of Lally revealed he had identification, and police charged him with failure to disperse and obstruction of law.
Police have stepped up enforcement of the 2 a.m. rule on First Street after area residents sounded off about noise complaints in late July.
Arrested on heroin charge
A 36-year-old Queens, N.Y. man was arrested Aug. 1 and charged with possession of heroin near the 300 block of Jackson Street.
Police said they saw Edward Phillips pacing back and forth and approaching people sitting together in groups at approximately 5:30 p.m. Officers set up surveillance of Phillips and saw him walk to another location with an unknown black male, they said.
The two split up, and police kept watching Phillips.
Phillips then allegedly reached into his pocket and pulled out five wax-like folds stamped “BUGSY” in red ink, containing a white/brownish powdery substance suspected to be heroin, according to police.
Police arrested Phillips, who allegedly admitted the drugs were his.
Police also said that Phillips had two active warrants from Jersey City for failure to appear, according to police.
Wine on Jackson Street
A night of drinking turned violent in Hoboken on the 300 block of Jackson Street on Aug. 2, according to police.
Camilla Perez, 24, of Hoboken, was arrested at approximately 3:30 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, obstructing the administration of law, and resisting arrest.
Perez was allegedly drinking a bottle of wine outside and refused to throw it away after being asked to do so by police, according to police. Hoboken has a law against public alcohol consumption.
Officers told Perez she would be given a summons if she didn’t throw the bottle out. She allegedly tried to drink the liquor quickly before allegedly telling police she didn’t have to give them her identification.
After police warned that she would be charged with disorderly conduct, an officer grabbed Perez’s left arm in an attempt to place her under arrest.
Perez pulled free from the grasp and allegedly hit an officer across the right side of his face. Police used pepper spray to subdue Perez, then arrested her.
Police say she also had two open warrants for alleged failure to wear a seatbelt and fare evasion.
Car broken into on Adams Street
A Hoboken man’s car was broken into on the 1400 block of Adams Street on Aug. 1 after he parked it overnight.
When the man returned to the vehicle he noticed all four of his windows were down, and the driver’s side lock was damaged. The car’s glove compartment, center console, and trunk were all open.
The unknown robber took a pair of $250 Prada sunglasses, a pile of clothes worth $200, and a set of golf clubs in the trunk worth about $1,500, according to police.