Juvenile steals bicycle and sprays victim with pepper spray, Jersey City NJ


A juvenile stole a bicycle behind the loading dock of BJs. When confronted by the victim, the juvenile sprayed him with pepper spray. The police are treating the case as a juvenile offense.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
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Transcript:
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All right, we spoke with the victim at approximately 20 hundred hours.
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He met up with a friend in front of the Mango Mango restaurant, claiming that his bike was stolen by a juvenile described as wearing a white hoodie, white hat, shorts,
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and sneakers.
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He confronted the juvenile behind the loading dock of BJs.
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When he tried to stop the juvenile for running off, he was sprayed with pepper spraying.
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The victim then came over to the firehouse.
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so we eventually make contact.
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Can I just get a time and file on the proper notification thing?
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And Detective Sergeant, I'm sorry, that walking at the east, that's going to be a juvenile actor?
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Yeah, that's correct from the victim.
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You can disregard the East Detective handle on that, notify the juvenile detective on that, and if need be, we might have to transport him over to cater for the statement.
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Jersey City, NJ
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