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Hoboken woman leaps on car hood in failed effort to stop thief
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View Larger Map Hoboken woman leaps on car hood in failed effort to stop thief Monday, July 26, 2010 By CHARLES HACK JOURNAL STAFF WRITER In an attempt to stop a car thief from stealing her mother's Infiniti, a 23-year-old Hoboken woman leaped onto the hood of the vehicle shortly after it exited a Jersey City gas station near the Holland Tunnel Saturday afternoon, reports said. The woman told police that she entered the station at 18th Street and Jersey Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. and left the keys in the car while it was filling with gas as she went to purchase a couple of items at the station's convenience store, reports said. While inside the store, she noticed a man who had been in a black BMW with another man take the gas pump out of her mother's 2008 Infiniti, get in and drive to the corner of 18th Street and Jersey Avenue where he stopped for a red light, reports said. The victim said she ran toward the car and stood in front of it trying to stop the thief from getting away, reports said. But the driver edged toward her and revved the engine, reports said. She then jumped on the car's hood, but the driver threw the car into reverse, causing her to fall to the ground, reports said. The driver of the BMW then drove up and blocked traffic so the man in the Infiniti could drive away south on Jersey Avenue, reports said. The victim told police she is a regular at the service station and has always felt comfortable leaving the keys in the car while going into the store, police said.
Posted on: 2010/7/26 10:45
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