A Hoboken man has been charged last week with stealing approximately $2,000 in merchandise from the Nike store located at 222 Washington St., the police department wrote on their blotter.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On Wednesday, October 2nd, at approximately 8:20 a.m., Police Officers Alyssa Rivera and Arturo Gonzalez were on the 200 block of Bloomfield Street when they saw a man they identified as Daquan Fletcher, 33, of Hoboken.
They knew he was wanted for a shoplifting at the Nike store on September 25, during which approximately $2,000 worth of merchandise was stolen. Fletcher was arrested and a search incident to arrest located a wax fold.
He was transported to Hoboken Police Headquarters, where he was found to have a warrant out of Jersey City for theft.
He was processed on the shoplifting charge, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia, before being transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility, authorities said.