HOBOKEN– According to a media release from the Hoboken Police Department, a man was detained near Fourth and Jackson streets near the Big Banner Supermarket by witnesses for until police arrived.
Police arrived to find the man on the ground and witnesses told the officers they had observed the man holding what appeared to be a gun. Police later determined the gun was a BB gun and the man, 49, of Hoboken, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.
