Two people from Jersey City were arrested yesterday for attempting to break into a Bayonne building, also getting busted for drug paraphernalia, police said.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Kenneth Dowdy, 43, and April Sanders, 50, both of Jersey City, were each charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Police Sgt. William Dundas.
Additionally, Dowd was charged with criminal attempt burglary and possession of burglar’s tools, while Sanders was also charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.
Yesterday at about 7:26 a.m., the Bayonne Police Department received a call of an attempted residential burglary that occurred seconds in the past at 233 Avenue B.
It was reported that a black man, dressed in all black, was attempting to enter an apartment within the building by prying the door open with a tool. He was confronted by a resident and quickly fled the scene.
A witness then saw the actor enter the passenger seat of a vehicle that was parked nearby, which was being driven by a ‘heavy-set” female.
Bayonne police marked patrol units arrived at the scene and observed multiple pry marks on the door and door jam, consistent with someone trying to make entry to the apartment.
An immediate investigation by the Bayonne Police Department Detective Bureau led detectives to the area of Madison Avenue in Jersey City, where they encountered the parked and unoccupied suspect vehicle at approximately 9:15 a.m.
The vehicle was impounded a short time later for being used during the commission of a crime.
Further surveillance of the area led to detectives encountering the suspects at the corner of Madison Ave and Clinton Ave. Dowdy and Sanders were subsequently placed under arrest at about 11:04 a.m.
Search incident to arrest of both parties yielded drug paraphernalia being recovered from each arrestee.
Dowdy and Sanders were transported to Bayonne Police Headquarters where they were charged accordingly. Dowdy was lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Center, while Sanders was released on a summons, authorities said.
