That “M” is for Mugging

File Photo. Taken July 08

Around lunch time today, a 14-year old boy got mugged in McDonald’s on Kennedy Boulevard across the PATH Station. He and his friend were robbed $16 combined by a man about 30 years old who they described as possibly “homeless”.

It’s hard to imagine how this incident happened, as this place in Journal Square is never empty. Not to mention the fact that cops surround this territory. There’s even a police station just a turn of the corner away for crying out loud.

Ironically, just this evening, Mayor Healy officially campaigned for his re-election at the Culinary Arts Institute proudly saying that he will deliver “change we can see”.

I hope it’s not for the worse, as far as crime is concerned.

Full news if you read the rest…

Cops: Teen, buddy mugged in broad daylight in Journal Square McDonald’s
by Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal
Thursday January 22, 2009, 4:09 PM

A 14-year-old Jersey City boy and his friend were robbed by a man who put him in a headlock and demanded their money inside a Journal Square fast food restaurant yesterday morning, police said today.

The boy and his mother went to police at 12:30 p.m. and he told them he and his friend were in McDonald’s at 11:30 a.m. when a man in put him in a headlock and said, “Run your pockets,” reports said. The boy handed over $6 and his friend handed over $10, reports said.

The victim described the robber as being about 30 years old, very dirty and possibly homeless, reports said. They said the man was wearing dark jeans, dark shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt with silver icons on the hood. His hair was pulled back in a ponytail, reports said.

It’s not clear based on the police report if customers in the restaurant saw what was happening or if anyone came to the boys’ aid.

Francisco Barahona, manager of the McDonald’s, told The Jersey Journal this afternoon that the staff didn’t see the robbery but it was captured on store security video and a copy was given to police.

“We saw the kids eating on the table and one guy was sitting on the side and he got up and got close to them,” Barahona said. “He looked like he was talking to them but it looks like he robbed them.”

Police went to Journal Square to look for the man but he was gone, reports said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Jersey City Police Department tipline at (201) 547-JAIL.

News Source: NJ.com

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