1. On Dec. 25, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Sgt. Daniel Grossi was driving on Third Street near Washington Street when he observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and fail to stop at multiple red lights. He pulled the vehicle over and approached the driver, later identified as 43-year-old Antonio Sanchez of Jersey City. Sgt. Grossi observed Sanchez to have blood shot eyes, slurred speech, and slow movements. He also detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath. It was discovered that the registration on the vehicle had expired. A field sobriety test was conducted, after which Sanchez was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters where he was issued summonses for driving under the influence, reckless driving, failure to observe signal, unregistered vehicle, unlicensed driver, and failure to exhibit documents. As per John’s Law, Sanchez was released into the custody of a responsible party.
2. On Dec. 28, 2025, at approximately 2:40 a.m., Sgt. Michael Straten observed a vehicle driving over the yellow double line, on Washington Street, near Observer Highway. The vehicle passed Sgt. Straten and began traveling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was pulled over, and the driver, later identified as 54-year-old Yesenia Gonzalez of Jersey City, had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. Police Officers Marvin DeJesus and Ricky Truppner arrived on scene. A strong odor of alcoholic beverages was detected emanating from Gonzalez breath. A field sobriety test was performed, after which Gonzalez was arrested for driving while intoxicated. She was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. She was issued summonses for driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, improper passing over double yellow line. As per John’s Law, Gonzalez was released into the custody of a responsible party.
3. On Dec. 28, 2024, at approximately 6:22 a.m., Police Officers Zackary Guido and Michael Miranda responded to Hoboken University Medical Center, 308 Willow Ave., on reports that a hospital security guard was assaulted while trying to escort an individual out of the facility. The individual, identified as 28-year-old Kevin Nguyen of Irvington, was still on the scene and refused to leave with officers. It was confirmed that Nguyen had two outstanding warrants; one out of Linden and the other out of Jersey City. A search incident to arrest found him to be in possession of a glass cylindrical pipe with burnt ends and copper mesh. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and refusal of fingerprinting. After processing, he was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
4. On Dec. 28, 2025, at approximately 6 p.m., Police Officer John Rodriguez was on patrol at Church Square Park when he observed a vehicle parked in a no-parking zone on the 400 block of Park Avenue. While he was investigating, an individual, later identified as 40-year-old James Tucker of Hoboken, approached the officer and harassed him, by coming up too close and ignoring commands to step back. He was advised that if he ignored commands again, he would be arrested, and Tucker responded aggressively with profanities. Tucker was arrested for obstruction of the administration of law. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and ultimately released with a summons.
5. On Dec. 28, 2025, at approximately 8:05 p.m., Police Officer Christopher Barral responded to Trader Joe’s, 1350 Willow Ave., on reports of a disorderly person. They observed the individual, identified as 32-year-old Andrea Ojeda of Hoboken, leaving the store and walking northbound toward Willow Avenue. Police Officers Adrian Comayagua, Kyle Seper, and Jessica Pizanie arrived to assist. Ojeda was detained. An on-scene investigation revealed that earlier in the day, Ojeda was told by employees that she was not welcome in the store. This time, she sat in the corner of the vestibule. She was arrested for defiant trespassing and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters for processing. It was discovered she had a warrant out of Hoboken. She was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
6. On Dec. 29, 2025, at approximately 4:50 p.m. Police Officer Alexander Miller confirmed that a prisoner being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility, identified as 41-year-old Ricardo Clark of Secaucus, had a warrant out of Hoboken. Clark had been arrested in East Orange, and he also had a warrant of West New York, two out of Jersey City, and one out of North Carolina. Hoboken Police Officers ultimately picked him up and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
7. On Dec. 29, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Police Officers Leroy Sherrill and Roberto Cuevas were on the 300 block of Jackson Street when they observed a man they could identify as 23-year-old Ahmad Bryant of Hoboken, who they knew had an active warrant. The warrant out of Jersey City was confirmed, and Bryant was placed under arrest. He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. Bail was posted, and Bryant was released from police custody.
8. On Dec. 30, 2025, at approximately 2 p.m., Police Officer Christopher Barral responded to Hoboken Municipal Court for an individual found to have violated probation. When he arrived, he met with Police Officers John Rodriguez and John Lawton, who had arrested 39-year-old Eugene Ortiz of Jersey City after a 15-day suspended sentence was ordered to be enforced. Ortiz was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters for processing, before ultimately being taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
9. On Dec. 31, 2025, at approximately 11 p.m., Police Officers Zackary Guido and Thomas Graziano were flagged down in the area of Third and Washington Streets by someone who told them another person was highly intoxicated near the intersection of Court and Third Streets, hitting glass windows of a business, and hitting vehicles in the area. Police Officers Stephen Chowanec, Ronald Kibitlewski, Shyenna Vega, John Rodriguez, Mario Rodriguez, and Christopher Soto arrived to assist. The individual, later identified as 24-year-old Alejandro Perez of Secaucus, was laying in the middle of Court Street, screaming, and actively causing a scene. When officers tried to make contact with him, he approached them aggressively and spit at them. Sgt. Michael Losurdo arrived on the scene and Perez continued his aggressive behavior. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment and released on a summons into the care of the hospital.