‘Porch pirates’ are nabbed in Hoboken and Bayonne, police say
Updated Dec 27, 2020;
‘Tis the season . for porch pirates and package thiefs.
Police in Hoboken and Bayonne announced that three people were arrested in separate incidents this month, including one with a bag overflowing with other people’s deliveries.
In Hoboken, Brian Jimenez was charged with two counts of theft and two counts of receiving stolen property after his arrest in the area of Ninth Street and Park Avenue, Sgt. Jonathan Mecka said.
Detective Arturo Gonzalez was off-duty when he saw Jimenez opening parcel packages, taking the contents and discarding the boxes, Mecka said. Gonzalez continued to watch as Jimenez place the contents into a bag that was already filled to the top.
Denver city government officials on Monday voted to rename Columbus Park as La Raza Park.
The Denver City Council passed the change unanimously, though the park has unofficially been called by its new name for years, according to The Denver Post.
“‘La raza is a word of unity and about celebrating community,” Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval, who sponsored the change, said, according to the newspaper.
ADVERTISEMENT La Raza also signifies a celebration of the Chicano and civil rights movements, according to the Post.
Those in favor of the change argued that the renaming served as a long overdue correction after the park was originally named after Christopher Columbus. Columbus has, for some, become a symbol of colonialism and violence against Indigenous people in North America in recent decades.