Burglary Occurs at Jersey City Apartment During Brief Absence, Jersey City NJ


A woman returned home to find a man stealing her TV, backpack, and bicycle. The man ran away when he saw her, taking the backpack and bike worth about $1,000. There's little evidence like fingerprints on the TV, but no cameras in the area.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
03:12
Transcript:
Not on top. Victim stated she left her apartment at around 11:30, came back around 11:45. She observed a man with her TV, her backpack containing (item withheld), and her brother's bike. When she approached him, he dropped the TV and fled northbound on Bergen Avenue with the backpack and the bike. Total taken was approximately $1,000. There's no cameras, no signs of forced entry, possible signs of fingerprints on the TV. The bike was taken, too, or he left the bike behind? He fled on the bike. Burglary. FTO Sergeant, I won? T.O. Sergeant, 16, Bergen. I have apartment number one. Acto is off there. Victim stating she left the house and came back 15 minutes later and noticed a man wearing all black outside of her home location with her TV in hand, a backpack that contained (item withheld) inside and her brother's bike. She walked up to the male. He dropped the TV, fled northbound on Bergen with the backpack and the bike. $1,000 in value, no cameras in the area, possible fingerprints on the TV. FTO sergeant is the victim ID? Yes, the victim ID. Okay, received. I notify the detective commander. Detective commander for Channel 1. This is Commander, Channel 1. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, the 16th, Bergen apartment number one. We have a victim saying that she left the house at 11:30 a.m. came back 15 minutes later. Observed a man wearing all black outside of the building with her TV in hand, a backpack with (item withheld) with a black wearing all the black. No camera with a piece of possible fingerprints on the TV and she can't ID. Received, you can send the South Detective to that location and also you can start BCI for the potential prints. Received that's South Detective for Channel 1.
Not on top. Victim stated she left her apartment at around 11:30, came back around 11:45. She observed a man with her TV, her backpack containing (item withheld), and her brother's bike. When she approached him, he dropped the TV and fled northbound on Bergen Avenue with the backpack and the bike. Total taken was approximately $1,000. There's no cameras, no signs of forced entry, possible signs of fingerprints on the TV. The bike was taken, too, or he left the bike behind? He fled on the bike. Burglary. FTO Sergeant, I won? T.O. Sergeant, 16, Bergen. I have apartment number one. Acto is off there. Victim stating she left the house and came back 15 minutes later and noticed a man wearing all black outside of her home location with her TV in hand, a backpack that contained (item withheld) inside and her brother's bike. She walked up to the male. He dropped the TV, fled northbound on Bergen with the backpack and the bike. $1,000 in value, no cameras in the area, possible fingerprints on the TV. FTO sergeant is the victim ID? Yes, the victim ID. Okay, received. I notify the detective commander. Detective commander for Channel 1. This is Commander, Channel 1. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, the 16th, Bergen apartment number one. We have a victim saying that she left the house at 11:30 a.m. came back 15 minutes later. Observed a man wearing all black outside of the building with her TV in hand, a backpack with (item withheld) with a black wearing all the black. No camera with a piece of possible fingerprints on the TV and she can't ID. Received, you can send the South Detective to that location and also you can start BCI for the potential prints. Received that's South Detective for Channel 1.
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Location mentioned:
Bergen Ave, Jersey City, NJ
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