Apartment broken into with safe damaged but nothing stolen, Jersey City NJ
BurglaryPolice responded to a break-in report at an apartment near Academy St. The apartment was ransacked and the deadbolt showed forced entry. A personal safe containing a passport and money was heavily damaged but not opened. According to the resident, nothing was stolen.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
The victim is a truck driver.
00:01
He left on Labor Day, September 1st, around 2100 hours, and returned today about 1700 hours.
00:07
The apartment was disheveled completely with drawers open.
00:11
It looks like they heavily damaged his personal safe, where he kept his passport and money, but they looked like they made no entry into the safe.
00:18
According to the victim, nothing seems to be taken. Everything has seemed to be touched and disabled.
00:23
There is a kind of forced entry where the deadbolt was. It looked like it was pushed in, but it's easy access to the door.
00:30
And there's three cameras in front, but only on the exterior of the building.
00:38
I see this. We're going to be...
00:45
Nothing was taken. So is that a VNC, fourth entry? Cameras in the front on there, right?
00:52
And according to the victim, it appears nothing was taken as he kept all his stuff in the safe. The safe is heavily damaged, but it looks like it was not opened.
01:01
What,
01:02
Sergeant?
01:06
Sergeant, I would see, what's the location of, is there a resident?
01:14
Just three, can we just run a phone number if you see where it comes back?
01:22
Can you notify the Detective Sergeant BCI that way?
01:31
Detective Sergeant BCI, Channel 2, Detective Sargent, BCI, Channel 2.
01:42
(number withheld).
01:45
That was (number withheld).
01:50
Good.
01:52
Okay. Okay.
01:57
60, County Boulevard Department 202. It's going to be for a caller stating that there was a...
02:05
There appeared that someone entered his home and saw items. However, upon the unit responding to that location, it appears that there was various items that were disheveled.
02:14
There is signs of force entry for the deadbolt that was pushed in.
02:18
Also, there is a personal safe that was heavily damaged with items in it. However,
02:23
nothing appears to be taken at this time. There are three cameras in front of the location, but only on the exterior of the building.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near Academy St, Jersey City, NJ 07306
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
