Hoboken Police offer advice on deceptive utility worker and trespassing scams, after an off-duty officer makes an arrest at his own home The Hoboken Public Safety Department and Police Department today encouraged residents to educate themselves about potential fraudulent utility workers and deceptive and possibly dangerous trespassing scams, following a recent arrest by an off-duty police officer in his own home. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, Police Officer James Barbro was off duty and in his home in Hoboken when someone rang his doorbell, claiming to be from Fed-Ex. The officer buzzed the man, later identified as 26-year-old Mattew Van [...]

Hoboken, NJ - The City of Hoboken today thanks the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) for recognizing the Hoboken Police Department for its compliance with Attorney General internal affairs mandates, which are meant to encourage the public reporting of police misconduct. The OSC randomly selected 100 municipal police departments for a review of their websites. A new report of those findings shows that Hoboken was one of just five departments that fulfilled key requirements and best practices laid out in the Attorney General's Internal Affairs Policies and Procedures, and corresponding Law Enforcement Directives, which govern the police [...]

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On Monday, April 17, 2023, the Hoboken Police Department responded to what was later determined to be a swatting incident on Grand Street between First and Newark Streets. At approximately 6:25 p.m. dispatchers received a call from someone claiming to have shot another individual inside the building. All Hoboken Police units on duty, along with the Hoboken Fire Department, Hoboken EMS, and Stevens Police Department immediately responded to the area, closing Grand Street between Newark and First Streets to the public. Police Officers Christopher Barral, Ramon Estrella, Rose Kanan, and Ricky Truppner, under the supervision of Sgt. Francis "Duke" McCourt entered the building [...]

On March 23, 2023, at 10:57 a.m., Police Officer Tyrone Huggins responded to 311 Harrison St. after being advised there were unidentified non-residents in the building. During the investigation, 51-year-old Chandler Hawkins of Jersey City was located and arrested for defiant trespass. While being transported to police headquarters, a glass pipe commonly used to inhale CDS Crack/Cocaine, fell out of Hawkins’ pocket and was collected as evidence. He was charged with defiant trespass, hindering apprehension, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hawkins was processed and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.   On March 23, 2023, at 3:20 p.m., Det. [...]

Hoboken police officers arrest bank robbery suspect