On November 2, 2023, at approximately 6 a.m., Police Officers Michael Straten
and Andrias Bonilla responded to CVS, 59 Washington St., on reports of a known
shoplifter entering the store and employees requesting he be removed from the
property. Upon arrival they located the man, identified as 35-year-old Jonathan
Berkery of Hoboken, and observed an object concealed under his jacket. The
object was a Bluetooth speaker, worth $24.99. As officers attempted to arrest him,
Berkery resisted. Officers Keven De La Cruz and Bianca Arroyo arrived to assist.
Berkery was handcuffed and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. He was
charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest, and trespassing and transported to the
Hudson County Correctional Facility.
On November 2, 2023, Police Officers Jonathan Figueroa and Elias Colon
responded to Hoboken City Hall, 94 Washington St., on reports of a man who
pulled down a flag from the front of the building. When they arrived, a security
officer pointed out a man, later identified as 30-year-old John White of Hoboken,
who a city employee saw tampering with the flagpole and taking the Israeli flag off
the pole. White was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with
theft. He was given a summons and a court date and released from police custody.
On November 2, 2023, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Police Officer Brandon
Fitzgibbons responded to the 100 block of Jackson Street on reports an attempted
vehicle theft. Police Officer Damien Bates, Ricky Truppner, and Rose Kannan
were also dispatched to the scene. The investigation revealed that a man, identified
as 57-year-old Charles Hill of Jersey City, got into a running tow truck while the
driver was finishing a job for AAA, and started driving away. He stopped and got
out, after driving approximately 100 feet. Hill was arrested for theft of movable
property and transported to Police Headquarters where he was processed. He was
then transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
On November 4, 2023, at approximately 10 a.m., Police Officers Nathaniel
Arocho and Jesse Castellano responded to the 100 block of Washington Street on
reports of an assault. The victim told officers a woman, later identified as 41-yearold Nicole Watkins of Hoboken, was shouting at no one in particular, but later
threw a chocolate bar at the victim, hitting her in the head. Witnesses pointed out
Watkins, who was walking across the street. When officers approached her, she
first ignored their calls to stop. When she did eventually stop, she raised her voice
at the officers and then tried to walk away again. She was placed under arrest and
charged with obstructing the administration of a governmental function,
aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a weapon. She was transported to
Hoboken Police Headquarters and a warrant check found an outstanding warrant
from Jersey City and another from Hudson County. She was also wanted by
Pocono Mountain Police. Watkins was transported to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
On November 4, 2023, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Police Officers Ramon
Calderon and Chelsa Tamborra responded to Hoboken University Medical Center,
308 Willow Ave., on reports of CDS found on a patient. Upon arrival, a nurse gave
the officers a plastic bag containing a white wax fold, commonly used to contain
CDS heroin and said it was found in the sock of 50-year-old Kelly Gama of
Hoboken. Officer Kyle Seper was also on scene and arrested Gama. She was
transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with possession of CDS
and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was transported to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
On November 5, 2023, at approximately 12 p.m. Sgt. Roary Miller and Police
Officer Jessica Pizane reported to Hoboken University Medical Center, 303
Willow Ave, where 33-year-old Anthony Joyce of Jersey City was on prisoner
watch by the Weehawken Police Department. Joyce was wanted in Hoboken for
two shoplifting cases including one on September 9, 2023, at Walgreens, 1320
Shipyard Ln., where approximately $2,095 worth of merchandise was taken. That
report was taken by Police Officers Nathaniel Arocho and Jason Montalvo. Joyce
was also wanted for shoplifting on September 10, 2023, at CVS, 59 Washington
St., where store managers say multiple items totaling $1,622.45 were stolen. That
report was taken by Police Officer Joseph Lupo. Follow-up investigation by Det.
Fabian Quinones identified Joyce as the actor in both cases. On November 5, he
was processed on both Hoboken warrants and left in the custody of Weehawken
Police Officers who were to transport him to the Hudson County Correctional
Facility.
On November 6, 2023, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Police Officer Damian Bates
was at Hoboken University Medical Center on a separate investigation, when he
was approached by an EMT who reported an unwanted sexual contact in which a
person she was transporting, later identified as 64-year-old Edwardo Ramos of
Hoboken, touched her inappropriately. Det. Sgt. William Collins also responded.
Ramos was arrested and charged with criminal sexual contact. Ramos was
transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters, processed, served a complaint, and
released.
On November 6, 2023, at approximately 1 p.m., Police Officers Anthony Olivera
and Michael Aviles responded to the 100 block of Washington Street on reports of
a suspicious man inside a building. While investigating that scene, another call
came in for reports of a man, matching the description given earlier, on the 200
block of Court Street. Officers located a man who fit the description and knew him
to be 29-year-old Oshane Mcleoan of Cambria Heights, NY. The caller told
officers he had let Mcleoan into his home to use the bathroom, but called police
when he wouldn’t leave and began touching himself inappropriately. He was
placed under arrest and a search incident to arrest found him in possession of a
bag, cash boxes containing $5,625, bar cards, and mail which belonged to Green
Rock Tap & Grill, 70 Hudson St. He was also in possession of an iPad, keys, mail,
and a license plate from Tennessee. Mcleoan was transported to Hoboken Police
Headquarters for processing. In the processing room, he removed all his clothing
and urinated on the floor. He refused to be fingerprinted and photographed. It was
later learned the license plate was taken from a vehicle which was also burglarized,
and the contents were in his possession. He was charged with criminal sexual
contact, burglary, and receiving stolen property. He was transported to the Hudson
County Correctional Facility.
On November 7, 2023, at approximately 2:40 a.m., Police Officer Christopher
Soto and Nicholas Protopapadakis were driving on the 50 block of Monroe Street,
when they observed a man inside a gated vestibule, kneeling over a backpack and
rummaging through it. They approached the man, who they knew as 33-year-old
Gregory Freitas of Hoboken. It was learned there was a warrant for Freitas out of
West New York for theft. A search incident to arrest found him in possession of
seven credit cards that did not belong to him, a cylindrical glass pipe with white
powdery residue commonly used to smoke CDS crack cocaine, and 10 capsules
suspected to contain CDS crack cocaine. Freitas was transported to Hoboken
Police Headquarters for processing and charged with theft and unlawful use of
credit cards, possession of drug paraphernalia, and defiant trespassing. He was
transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
On November 7, 2023, at approximately 4:55 p.m., Police Officers Paul Quinn
and Chelsea Tamborra were on patrol in Church Square Park near the area of Fifth
Street and Park Avenue when they were approached by a witness who saw a man
near the dog run inappropriately touching himself. Officer Quinn approached the
area and observed the man masturbating on a bench. He was identified as 43-yearold Damont Dyer of Hoboken and was found to have an active warrant for
aggravated assault. Police Officers Anthony Azzoline and Harry Montalvo arrived
on the scene. Dyer was arrested and a search incident to arrest located a glass
cylinder pipe with copper mesh stuffed on one end and a black rod, commonly
used to inhale CDS. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters,
processed on the assault warrant out of Hudson County, and further charged with
lewdness and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dyer was transported to the
Hudson County Correctional Facility.
