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Police: Man arrested for stealing defibrillator from Hoboken PATH station

A Georgia man was arrested for stealing a defibrillator from the Hoboken PATH station last night, police said.

A man was arrested for stealing a defibrillator from the Hoboken PATH station last night. Photo courtesy of Port Authority police.
A man was arrested for stealing a defibrillator from the Hoboken PATH station last night. Photo courtesy of Port Authority police.

By John Heinis/Hudson County View

Thomas Arnold, 57, of Toccoa, Georgia, was charged with theft and receiving stolen property, according to Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.

At about 6 p.m. yesterday, Port Authority police on duty at the Hoboken PATH Station saw the suspect carrying a defibrillator out of the station without permission or authority to do so, officials said.

The officers stopped the suspect and determined the life saving device had been taken from the Lackawanna side of the station platform, authorities said.

The device was returned by Port Authority police and Arnold was placed under arrest.

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