Hoboken Police Investigating Two Assaults on Monroe St.
Two assaults took place within half an hour of each other on Friday night.
Hoboken Police are looking for a man allegedly responsible for two assaults at knife-point on Monroe Street on Friday night. Between 11:15 p.m. and midnight, two assaults took place, police said. In one assault, a 67-year-old Jersey City resident was threatened with a knife in front of 328 Monroe St., police said. The alleged robber didn't demand anything from the man and ran off without slashing or stabbing him, police said. In the second assault that night, a 28-year-old woman from Jersey City sustained an injury after the alleged robber tried to take her purse, police said. According to the police report, the robber tried to grab the woman's purse when a stranger came to her rescue. At this point, the robber showed the two his knife, …
