1. On September 12, 2024, at approximately 1:25 p.m., Police Officer Aidan Gonzalez and
Valentino Salgado processed the arrest of 45-year-old Larone Ferguson of Hoboken, who turned
himself in at Hoboken Police Headquarters on a summons complaint for theft. The charges stem
from a report taken by Police Officers Jairo DeLaCruz and Zachary Guido on August 29, 2024,
in which a victim told them a package was stolen from her residence on the 300 block of
Marshall Drive. A follow-up investigation by Detectives John Quinones and Daniel Grossi
identified Ferguson as the actor. Once processed, Ferguson was released from custody on a
summons.
2. On September 12, 2024, at approximately 2:15 p.m., Police Officer Dylan Archilla was on
routine patrol on the 1200 block of Hudson Street, when he observed a double-parked car. He
activated his overhead lights and sirens. It was discovered that the registered owner of the
vehicle, later identified as 63-year-old Marwan Kassabdulahad of Fairview, had a warrant out of
Hoboken for driving with a suspended license. Police Officers John Lawton and Alyssa Rivera
arrived on the scene to assist. Kassabdulahad was placed under arrest for bail jumping and
transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. He was also issued a summons for double parking
and later released from custody.
3. On September 14, 2024, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Police Officers Marvin DeJesus and
Anthony Rutkowski were on the 50 block of Washington Street when they observed two men
engaged in an argument. At one point, one of the men, later identified as 23-year-old Chrisopher
Clancy of Staten Island, shoved and then punched the other man. Clancy ran from the scene but
tripped and fell about a block away. He was placed under arrest and transported to Hoboken
Police Headquarters for processing on simple assault charges. He was later released on a
summons. During a follow up investigation by Police Officers Aaron Font and Shawn Sodora, an
individual, later identified as 21-year-old John Rodriguez of North Bergen, tried to interfere with
the investigation. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to Hoboken Police
Headquarters, processed, and released on a summons.
4. On September 15, 2024, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Police Officers Enrico Gnassi and Ricky
Truppner were on the 50 block of Washington Street, when they observed a large crowd of
people begin to form. When they got closer, they observed two men, later identified as 24-yearold Matthew DeJesus of Paramus and 27-year-old Sid Ali Benameur of Jersey City, physically
fighting each other on the floor. The officers broke up the two men. Members of the Stevens
Institute of Technology Police Department and the New Jersey Transit Police Department
responded to the scene to assist. Both men were brought to Hoboken Police Headquarters. They
both refused medical attention. DeJesus and Benameur were both charged with simple assault,
processed, and later released on a summons.
5. On September 16, 2024, at approximately 4:45 a.m., Police Officers Shawn Sodora and
Aaron Font responded to the Paterson Police Department to pick-up and transport 40-year-old
Rami Alirani of Paterson to Hoboken Police Headquarters. Alirani was arrested in Paterson for
simple assault and was found to have a warrant out of Hoboken for driving while intoxicated that
was issued on February 1, 2024. He was processed and transported to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
6. On September 16, 2024, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Police Officer Arturo Gonzalez was at
the intersection of Washington and Third Streets when he observed a man riding an e-bike on the
sidewalk at a high rate of speed and stopped him. While the officer was gathering information to
issue a ticket, the man gave a fake name, and then attempted to flee on the e-bike. When the
officer grabbed the e-bike, the actor jumped off and ran. Police Officers Gonzalez and Joseph
Lupo ran after him and ordered him to stop multiple times. Sgt. Dennis Figueroa, Police Officers
Jessica Arebalo, Roberto Cuevas, and Jonathan Figueroa and Detective Michael Losurdo all
arrived to assist. The actor continued to run until he got to the 200 block of Sinatra Drive,
jumped over a fence, and threatened to jump into the Hudson River. During the foot chase, and
while attempting to keep the man from entering the river, multiple officers suffered minor
injuries. The individual, later identified as 46-year-old Corey Lamont Cooke of Jersey City, was
safely placed under arrest. It was discovered he had warrants out of Jersey City for failing to
comply with sex offender registration and notification laws, and for simple assault. He was
further charged with obstructing the administration of law, three counts of aggravated assault on
a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, and hindering apprehension. He also received a
summons for operating an electric bicycle on a public sidewalk. Cooke was taken to an area
hospital for a pre-existing condition and once treated, will be transported to the Hudson County
Correctional Facility.
7. On September 16, 2024, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Police Officer Enrico Gnassi responded
to the 500 block of Jefferson Street on reports of a package theft, in which someone entered a
building by manipulating the front entry lock and was then seen rummaging through cardboard
boxes and placing some items into his shopping bags. A man who fit the description of the
suspect was seen by Police Officer Aaron Font in the area of Sixth and Jackson Streets. Officer
Gnassi made his way to that area, and saw the same man, later identified as 46-year-old Glen
Landi of Weehawken, in a gated area of the Hoboken Housing Authority. When it was learned
Landi didn’t live there, he was arrested for defiant trespassing. Police Officers Tyronne Huggins,
Andreas Bonilla, Frank Lombardo, and Daniel Barron arrived on scene to assist. A search
incident to arrest yielded multiple items still in the packaging including bug repellent, kitchen
supplies, clothing, and a pocketbook. He was also in possession of a credit card that was bent
and appeared to have been used to manipulate a lock. He was transported to Hoboken Police
Headquarters. A follow-up investigation found that the items found on Landi belonged to
residents of the building he was seen entering. He was charged with three counts of package theft
from a residential property, burglary, possession of burglary tools, and defiant trespassing. He
was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
8. On September 17, 2024, at approximately 5:20 p.m., Police Officers Harry Montalvo and
Jayden Gonzalez were conducting a sweep of a Hoboken Housing Authority building on the 300
block of Marshall Drive when they observed a woman sitting on a seventh-floor roof landing,
smoking illegal narcotics. Officers located a small yellow cylinder capsule containing a white
powdery substance, suspected to be CDS crack cocaine and a glass cylindrical pipe with wire
mesh and residue. The woman was identified as 32-year-old Christina Castellano of Hoboken,
and she was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where it was revealed she had a
warrant out of Hoboken for criminal mischief. She was further charged with possession of CDS
crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal trespassing, as she did not live in
the HHA building. She was ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
