Newspaper Delivery Woman Stands Up to Carjackers

A 62-year-old newspaper delivery woman from Jersey City stood up to a pair of would-be carjackers on Saturday, sending her assailants fleeing across the Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge into Newark.

According to police reports, the incident took place around 6:50 a.m., when the woman was using her 2011 Hyundai to make morning deliveries in the area of Lexington and West Side.

The victim – a deliverywoman for the Jersey Journal - told police that she noticed a black vehicle following her. When she stopped to get out of her car and make a delivery at Lexington and Marcy avenues, the vehicle allegedly blocked her path and a male stepped out, pushed her and ordered her to “get away from the vehicle.”

“No one is taking my car again!” the woman retorted, pushing her assailant back.

The man then retreated to the passenger seat of their getaway car, where a heavyset female accomplice wearing a traffic vest was waiting at the wheel.

The victim leapt into her own car and followed the pair, watching them make a U-turn in front of the Hyundai dealership on Communipaw Avenue and flee the scene west across the Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge.

According to police, the victim wasn’t able to get the make and model of the vehicle, but described it as a black, four-door car with New Jersey plates containing the letter “T” and the “numbers 1 to 4 following.”

The suspects’ vehicle also had tinted windows, a gold shield badge on the windshield and green laundry bins in the back seat, reported the victim.

No weapon was shown during the encounter, and the incident happened so quickly that the victim would not be able to identify the actors, stated police.

The victim described the male suspect as a black male, about six feet with a thin build and dreadlocks, wearing black pants and black shirt.

The incident is under investigation, police stated.