1. On August 10, 2023, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Police Officers Daniel Grossi
and Joshua Campoverde responded to the 400 block of Washington Street, for
reports of a man lying in front of a building and blocking its entry. Police Officer
Nicholas Protopapadakis was already on scene and advised the other officers the
man was laying inside the vestibule. Officers recognized the man as 44-year-old
Angel Sanchez of Hoboken and asked him to step out of the vestibule. Sanchez
was issued a summons for defiant trespassing. When he received the summons,
Sanchez became irate, tore the summons up and threw it onto the ground, and then
began to walk away from the officers while yelling threats at them. At one point he
walked toward officers with his fists clenched, which is when they handcuffed
Sanchez and transported him to Hoboken Police Headquarters. He was additionally
charged with making terroristic threats and littering and remanded to the Hudson
County Correctional Facility.
2. On August 12, 2023, at approximately 9:55 a.m., Police Officers Daniel Grossi
and Joshua Campoverde were driving on Washington Street near Second Street
when they observed 46-year-old Raul Aponte of Union City, who they knew had
an active warrant for his arrest. They approached him and conducted a search
incident to arrest, which located a glass cylindrical pipe containing a brown
residue, suspected to be CDS. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters
and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also processed on
warrants for a theft that occurred on August 4, 2023, in which a package with
contents valued at $65 was taken from the vestibule area of a residential building
on the 100 block of Bloomfield Street, and for a theft on August 9, 2023, during
which a package worth approximately $42 was stolen from outside the front door
of a building on Garden Street. During follow up investigations of both incidents,
Detectives used surveillance video and photos to identify the actor as Aponte and
charged him with burglary and theft. After being processed, Aponte was
transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
3. On August 14, 2023, at approximately 12:45 a.m., Police Officers Shawn
Sodora and Kyle Seper responded to the Paramus Police Department to pick up 52-
year-old Tammi Brodish of Hoboken, who had an outstanding warrant for defiant
trespassing in Hoboken. In January, Brodish refused to leave the Hoboken Public
Library, even after being told she was not allowed inside due to breaking rules and
causing disturbances in the past. She was transported to Hoboken Police
Headquarters, processed on the warrant, and remanded to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
4. On August 14, 2023, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Police Officers Anthony
Azzoline, Brandon Fitzgibbons, and Damien Bates responded to the area of Third
and Washington Streets for a report of a shirtless man swinging a belt. Members of
the Hoboken EMS and Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. Officers
observed the man in question jogging down Third Street and eventually
approached him on the 200 block of Bloomfield Street. When they stopped the
man, later identified as 46-year-old Jose Gonzalez-Avila of Union City, he dropped
a glass object and threw another object against a wall and proceeded to smash it
with his foot. Gonzalez-Avila was handcuffed for the safety of himself, and for the
officers. Officers found him to be uncooperative. He refused to provide his
personal information and also refused medical attention. It was found he had a
bench warrant out of the Hudson County Sheriff's Office. While inside a radio car
being transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters, he became irate and kicked the
rear passenger window with his feet. No damage was done. He was later
transported to the Hudson County Correctional Center.
5. On August 14, 2023, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Police Officers Rose Kanan
and Jennifer Lee responded to ShopRite, 900 Madison St., for a report of
shoplifting. They met with the in-store loss prevention employee who told them he
stopped the actor, later identified as 42-year-old Evelyn Diaz of Weehawken, after
she exited the store without paying for items which totaled $287.78. After
reviewing surveillance footage, officers placed Diaz under arrest. She was
processed, released on a summons, and given a court date.
6. On August 16, 2023, at approximately 1 a.m., Police Officers Brandon
Fitzgibbons and Remy Garcia-Marte were driving on Hudson Street when they
observed a man walking in the middle of the road attempting to open the doors of
parked cars. The officers stopped the man, later identified as 41-year-old Tajron
Edwards of Jersey City, on the 1100 block of Hudson Street. Sgt. Robert Roman
arrived on the scene to assist. Edwards was placed under arrest for attempted
burglary. It was discovered he also had a summons from Jersey City for
trespassing into a motor vehicle. He was taken to Hoboken Police Headquarters,
processed, and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
7. On August 16, 2023, at approximately 5:20 a.m., Jersey City Police Officers
brought 33-year-old Amir Wilson of Jersey City to Hoboken Police Headquarters.
Police Officers Andrias Bonilla and Jason Montalvo took custody of Wilson who
had a warrant out of Hoboken for simple assault and wandering to obtain or sell
CDS. He was processed and transported to the Hudson County Correctional
Facility.
8. On August 16, 2023, at approximately 5:05 p.m., while on patrol near the area
of Harrison Street and Paterson Avenue, Sgt. William Collins and Detective Fabian
Quinones observed two men face each other and exchange something. After
exiting their vehicle, the officers approached the men and observed a wax fold in
the hands of 57-year-old Edgardo Baez of Paterson, who was placed under arrest.
The other man, later identified as 33-year-old Christopher Peselli of Hoboken, took
a glass cylinder pipe from his pocket, and threw it to the ground. He was then also
placed under arrest. Both Baez and Peselli were transported to Hoboken Police
Headquarters, processed, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and
released.
9. On August 17, 2023, at approximately 12:25 a.m., Police Officers Daniel Grossi
and Andrias Bonilla were in the area of Newark and Washington Streets when the
observed a man yelling and pacing back and forth and then walking a few blocks.
Because he appeared agitated and in need of assistance, the Officers approached
the man, later identified as 27-year-old Peter James of Jersey City, near the
intersection of Second and Bloomfield Streets. James was unable to provide
officers with any information other than his first name and date of birth. When
asked if he had anything in his pocket, James took out a glass cylindrical pipe with
a brown residue suspected to be CDS. That is when he was placed in handcuffs and
transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where he was charged with
possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released with a summons.
10. On August 17, 2023, Police Officers Remy Garcia-Marte and Anthony
Rutkowski processed the arrest of 41-year-old Alice Pickett of Jersey City who
was brought to Hoboken Police Headquarters by NJ Transit Police Officers.
Pickett was wanted on a warrant in Hoboken for shoplifting and refusal to be
fingerprinted. She was processed and transported to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
