Man tries to break into car outside cheesecake factory, Jersey City NJ
BurglaryA man wearing a black hoodie and mask tried to break into a woman's car while she was inside near Mall Drive West outside the Cheesecake Factory. He pulled on the passenger side doors and hit the window but did not get inside. The man then ran toward the light rail and fled. The woman was unharmed and is willing to cooperate with police but could not identify the man.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
05:59
Transcript:
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three. We're going to have an attempted carjacking here.
00:03
The incident occurred outside of the Cheesecake Factory about 30 minutes in the past.
00:07
Our victim was parked and the actor approached her car trying to open the door.
00:12
The door was locked.
00:13
She stated in that she's not an Uber and then the male started using his elbow to a...
00:20
He forces his way in through the passenger side.
00:25
Hi. The actor is going to be described as a black male with a black hoodie put up.
00:29
He has a black face mask, black jeans, 5-7 in height.
00:35
All right. And notify the South Sergeant.
00:39
All right. East Sergeant.
00:41
All right, East Lieutenant.
00:46
Lieutenant, I'm monitoring that, uh, was he just trying to break into the vehicle? Was he trying to take control of the steel vehicle?
00:57
Okay, Lieutenant, watch it up.
00:59
Was he trying to take the car from her? Or just trying to...
01:07
Yeah, you might have just been trying to break in.
01:09
The victim was in the car when this happened.
01:12
She has stated some several times that I'm not an Uber, but he kept trying to force his way into the passenger side.
01:24
Lieutenant, but he never speeded to her that he wanted to take the vehicle.
01:28
Did he say anything to her?
01:30
Did he make entry into the vehicle?
01:33
Negative to all of that.
01:35
All right, so it sounds like a criminal attempt burglary then, not a carjacking.
01:43
Just notify the Detective Sergeant, please, and you stated the actor had a mask, so would she be able to ID at all?
01:51
That's a negative.
01:52
He had one of those COVID-Mazone.
01:53
Oh,
01:55
no, she's one week's statement.
02:01
Then,
02:02
is our PC available though, send it?
02:05
Yeah, they are, boss.
02:08
I just have them in that area to see they can, uh, attempt to locate an actor or somebody's in the description,
02:14
and just notify the detective.
02:16
All right.
02:18
East PC.
02:21
Now, Easton, you can put that script out to a transit small, please.
02:25
I'm gonna do that.
02:28
Hi, PC. This is wrong.
02:31
Did you get that description?
02:35
It's this.
02:36
Okay, just double-checking.
02:42
Charging channel, please detect the charging channel.
02:49
Channel 3, Detective Sergeant, Channel 3, Detective Sergeant, Channel 3.
02:57
Sergeant on the air, go to Channel 3, looking for the protective sergeant, switch over to 3.
03:04
Okay, Judge.
03:06
All right, boss.
03:07
This involves you at the rear mall by two straight facts.
03:09
We had a female sitting in a car.
03:11
A male attempted to get in the car.
03:14
He hit in the window with his elbow.
03:17
He never got any entrance, but he never told to get out of the car, none.
03:21
So he's going to listen to as an attempted burglary at this point.
03:26
Dean, she's willing to give a statement.
03:32
All right, so the actor was just hitting on the window?
03:36
Yeah, correct, and she kept telling him she wasn't an Uber, but he kept banging on her passenger side window and then fled the scene.
03:43
She cannot ID, but she said she's willing to talk to a detective.
03:52
To go for the door handler.
03:59
Do you attempt to pull on the door handle or anything?
04:03
Yeah, that's good.
04:05
Try to pull on the rear passenger side and the front passenger side door on the block.
04:14
And our victim was inside the car the entire time this happened.
04:17
All right, Saad, you did pull on the handles of both the rear and the front passenger side doors.
04:31
All right, that was on the passenger side, correct?
04:34
Yeah, that's correct.
04:39
How can you hit on the office?
04:41
Having seen with you.
04:58
Um, East Detective on the air?
05:02
East Detective, I got all that.
05:03
Can we just find out from the primary unit if the male went onto the light rail?
05:08
No,
05:13
stand by.
05:14
I didn't have called, Detective.
05:16
All I got was he fled towards the light rail.
05:22
Let's see, we'll figure it out when she gets there.
05:24
Alright, I'm not notified transit, I want to put out the description.
05:34
Okay.
05:36
Yeah, she saw him walking towards the light room, didn't see him get on the light room.
05:43
Alright, Detective, you get that?
05:51
(number withheld) Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Mall Dr W Unit #A22, Jersey City, NJ 07310
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