Two men were caught robbing 15 boxes of toothpaste and 19 energy drinks from the Hoboken ShopRite at the end of last month, the police department said on their blotter.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On April 22nd, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Police Officers Ramon Calderon
and Kyle Seper responded to ShopRite, located 900 Madsion St., on reports of two
shoplifters being detained by store security.
An on-scene investigation found that the men, identified as Jose Luis Najera, 25, of West New York and Edgar Najera, 29, of Jersey City, were seen putting 15 boxes of toothpaste and 19 energy drinks in a cart before trying to leave without paying.
A search incident to arrest Najera led to the discovery a cylindrical glass tube commonly
used to consume CDS and two metal push rods. Similarly, a search incident to arrest
Najera revealed a glass tube and two metal push rods.
He was also found to have two plastic containers with white residue believed to be CDS, copper-colored wire, a silver utensil, and two metal push rods.
Both were transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters and charged with shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Additionally, it was learned that Edgar had one outstanding warrant in Hoboken and one from Union City. Jose had three outstanding warrants in Jersey City and one in Hoboken.
They were processed and ultimately transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility, authorities said.
