Hoboken Woman Finds Man In Apartment, He Flees Onto Roof: PD

HOBOKEN, NJ — A Jersey City man who allegedly entered a woman's apartment and caused more than $2,000 of damage to a Hoboken business surrendered himself to police last week.

According to the Hoboken Police Department, officers responded to the area of 6th and Grand streets on July 8 after receiving a report about a “suspicious person” that was spotted on the rooftop of a building. When officers arrived on the scene, they caught sight of a man on a roof, who “appeared to be hiding from their view.”

The officers searched the area, but didn’t find the man. However, they were able to get a physical description from a resident of the building who had an encounter with him.

The resident told officers that she found the man inside her apartment and confronted him. He then fled the building and headed onto the roof, she said.

Police discovered that the man apparently caused $2,000 worth of damage to a business located at the bottom of the building. No items were missing from the woman’s apartment, authorities said.

A Hoboken detective conducted a follow-up investigation and identified Kenny Ordonez, 26, of Jersey City, as the suspected intruder. However, several attempts to located Ordonez were unsuccessful, authorities said.

On Sept. 2, Ordonez turned himself in at Hoboken police headquarters in connection with the July 8 incident. Authorities charged him with burglary and criminal mischief.

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