There was anther that occurred last night, I believe at about 10:30pm.
All I recall was that he had dreads.

If the problem is coming out of Newark, why does it make sense managing and funding cops locally in JC, instead of at a state level? Why do we have such a fractured city/ county/ state/ federal system of policing? And rent-a-cop in places like the PATH. Makes little or no sense.

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The majority of these are Newark crews right now but criminals read the Jersey Journal too, if the trend continues it won't be long before JC starts forming its own carjacking crews. High end cars are worth more to the criminals then a accord or camry stripped down. Once they figure out how low the risk of being caught is we are really in trouble.

2010 Carjackings in NJ- 359.......Cleared by arrest-18
2009 Carjackings in NJ- 236........Cleared by arrest-11

Violent crime over all has steadily been rising also. If you compare January and February of this year to last.

....................2011........2012
Murder...............1..............2......Up
Rape..................8..............3......Down
Robbery.........130..........152......Up
Ag. Assault.....121..........148......Up
Burglary..........190..........209......Up
Larceny...........493..........479......Down
Auto Theft.......142..........118......Down

Gun Crime.......................2011...2012
Robbery with a firearm.......31.......51
Ag. Assault with a firearm...24.......36

Last year violent crime was up from 2009. Robbery has been up 2 years in a row and if this trend continues it looks like were going on 3. Now we have had more carjackings in a 6 month period then we have had total for the year from 2007-2010. Lets see if Healy actually does something about this violent trend this year, if not we are in for a crazy summer.

If carjackings are on the rise, chain-snatching can't be far behind.

I'd advise not to wear expensive jewelry while in JC.

And yeah, if somebody rear-ends me while I am in my BMW, I am not stopping.

Welcome back to the eighties in Jersey City, boys and girls.

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That article points to what is suspected: the carjackings are being done by groups out of Newark. Not the first time this has happened.

http://www.northjersey.com/clifton/Tw ... _carjacking.html?page=all
Jersey City isn't the only place. Blindsided; It's becoming the new trend, any place any time.

Prevention magazine says Jersey City is the 3rd best US city for walkers. Is there a correlation to the number of carjackings?

http://www.prevention.com/fitness/fit ... -walkers/3-jersey-city-nj

Two weeks ago in Beverly Hills Downtown JC, there was one attempted (Shop Rite) and one successful (Pavonia PATH station) carjacking at gunpoint, both involving Mercedes SUVs. They were of the "just walk up and wave a gun" variety.

While I am glad that the JJ is covering these stories, I have to laugh at this article:

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All that information about how other folks carjack really is beside the point if the MO in JC is simply to walk up and wave a gun. But then I guess that would be a really short article.

That is only blocks from my house. Wow... Of course, no mention of skin tone or ethnicity of the perp in the article....

Jersey City Heights man ordered out of BMW while parking it near his home; recovered in Hillside

Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 3:00 AM
By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

A Jersey City Heights man was carjacked at gunpoint as he parked his 2008 BMW near his Oakland Avenue home Sunday night, police said.

A about 10:15 p.m., the carjacker approached the driver of the BMW saying, ?This is nothing personal. You?re gonna get your car back. I?m hungry,? according to police reports.

The car robber ordered the 48-year-old victim out of the car and told him to leave his cellphone behind, reports said.
The carjacker got in the BMW and drove west on Jefferson Avenue toward Central Avenue, reports said.

Yesterday morning, Hillside police spotted the BMW and chased it, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said, adding that the car was later found abandoned in Hillside.

The carjacker was not caught, but he was described as having a goatee, about 5-feet-9, and wearing a black hat and gray sweatshirt, officials said.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.

With number of carjackings soaring, Hudson County and Jersey City expand task force to target perpetrators

Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 3:03 AM
By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

A rise in the number of reported carjackings has triggered formation of a task force comprised of Jersey City police and members of the Hudson County Prosecutor?s Office, officials said yesterday, noting the crime has proven fatal in two cases in recent months.

?We have had a task force in existence in Jersey City, and we are expanding it,? said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio, adding that uniformed units and plainclothes detectives will operate ?simultaneously at various areas in Jersey City and beyond.?

The task force is designed to be both proactive and reactive, he said, declining to give specifics on the size of the task force or its methods of operation.

Twenty-five carjackings have been reported in Jersey City in the past six months, compared with only 17 during this same stretch a year ago, police said. Since Christmas, there has been 11 carjackings in Jersey City, the prosecutor said.

As recently as Sunday night, a man driving a 2008 BMW on Oakland Avenue was ordered out of his car at gunpoint and told to leave his cellphone in the vehicle, DeFazio said.
Beyond losing their vehicles, some carjack victims have lost their lives.

At about 3:25 a.m. last July 12, Jose Pazmino, 52, of Brooklyn, was fatally shot through the window of his BMW during a carjacking in the Dunkin? Donuts parking lot at Tonnelle and Manhattan avenues in Jersey City, officials said. He was making a stop as he headed home from his job in Carlstadt.?

?And on May 26, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Adams was in his 2002 Ford Explorer on Bidwell Avenue in Jersey City when he was shot once in the chest and once in the left ear during a carjacking, officials said. Earl Austin, 20, of Bartholdi Avenue, has been charged in the murder, officials said, noting he has gang tattoos.

In late January, Latoya Campbell, 20, was convicted of a brutal carjacking that occurred at the Newport Centre Mall in Downtown Jersey City in 2009 in which a woman was beaten and robbed.

Campbell was not present when the verdict was read. She had told officials she was sick and had gone to the hospital. Campbell was not in the hospital and she had to be tracked down, officials said.

She was additionally charged with jumping her $100,000 bail, reports said, adding she is also charged with a drug offense. Campbell faces 10 to 30 when she is sentenced Thursday by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre.

Mostly high-end vehicles are being targeted, but DeFazio said that is not true in all cases.
Carjacked vehicles are sometimes shipped out of the country, but they often wind up in chop shops, where they are disassembled and sold for parts, officials said.


In the BMW in Dunkin Donuts parking lot, at the intersection of Tonnelle Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, Jose Pazmino, 52, was shot dead in his car in July.



Most carjackings in Hudson County, Jersey City involve threats with weapons that can't be ignored

Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 3:00 AM
By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal

Several schemes are employed in carjackings, and being alert is the best defense, officials say.

In one scheme, the attacker bumps the victim?s vehicle and when the victim gets out to assess damage and exchange information, their vehicle is taken.

In another scenario, an accident is staged that can include a simulated injury. When the victim stops to assist, their vehicle is taken, officials say.

Sometimes the driver of the vehicle behind the victim gets the victim?s attention and indicates there is a problem with the victim?s car. The victim pulls over and their vehicle is taken.

Finally, sometimes carjackers follow the victim and when the victim pulls into a driveway, the carjackers pull up, trap the vehicle and take it.

In the Jersey City area, most carjackings simply involve a carjacker approaching a vehicle and threatening to use a weapon if the driver does not comply.