Police: Two Jersey City teens, with a loaded handgun, arrested after carjacking

By Tom Shortell
February 22, 2010, 6:40PM

Jersey City police arrested two alleged teen carjackers after spotting a stolen Honda Accord being driven through McGinley Square Friday night

Officers noticed the car, reported stolen at gunpoint the night before, heading east on Montgomery Street at 11:58 p.m.

The officers followed the car and additional units converged on the Honda after the driver stopped on Fremont Street, police said.

The Accord's 17-year-old driver tried to speed off, but was unable to move the car, police said. The 16-year-old passenger refused to comply with orders to show his hands and officers saw a handgun on the passenger floor board, police said.

After the 16-year-old refused to open his door, one officer broke the car window to gain entry to the vehicle, reports said. Both teenagers were then arrested.

Police said the .45-caliber handgun on the car floor was loaded.

The car had been stolen the night before from a 20-year-old man on Ege Avenue, police said.

The 16-year-old, of Ocean Avenue, and 17-year-old, of Garfield Avenue, were charged with carjacking, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a minor, police said.

Jersey City man's car stolen at gunpoint

Monday, February 22, 2010

A 20-year-old Jersey City man had his car taken from him at gunpoint in his driveway Thursday night, police reports said.

Police were called to the victim's Ege Avenue home at 10:44 p.m.

The victim told cops that as he approached his 2004 Honda Accord - which had the engine running - two men, one pointing a black handgun, came up to him and ordered him to move away from the car, reports said.The men jumped in the car, backed out of the driveway and were last seen heading east on Boyd Avenue.

The victim also had his wallet in the car, which has specialized wheels and tinted windows, reports said.

CHARLES HACK