2 Union City Men Arrested For Stealing Package: Hoboken Police

HOBOKEN, NJ — Two Union City men were arrested and charged Thursday night after police say the men were seen taking a package from a residential building and stealing the contents before leaving the packaging in nearby bushes.

Moises Cabrera, 31, and Justin Reyes, 28, were arrested after being seen by police removing the package from a building in the area of 5th Street and Monroe Street shortly after 7:30 p.m., Hoboken police said Friday. The two men could be seen opening the package, removing the contents and then disposing of the rest of the package in nearby bushes and then leaving. Officers followed the men for a short distance and arrested them in the 700 block of Monroe Street.

Both men were charged with burglary and theft and were taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility and will appear in court on the charges, police said.