NORTH HUDSON CATALYTIC CONVERTER TASKS FORCE ARRESTS CHICAGO MAN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM A CAR
" Deonte Weekley Of Chicago, Illinois Was Taken Into Custody & Charged With Theft & Resisting Arrest Offenses."
August 3, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
UNION CITY, NJ.- On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced that on Friday, July 30, 2021, the North Hudson Catalytic Converter Task Force apprehended and arrested a Chicago man attempting to remove a catalytic converter from a vehicle in Union City and charged him with multiple offenses.
Deonte Weekley, age 27, of Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with Third Degree Criminal Attempt to Commit Theft; Third Degree Conspiracy to Commit Theft; Fourth Degree Obstruction; Fourth Degree Resisting Arrest; and Possession of Burglary Tools a Disorderly Persons Offense.
At approximately 2:17 a.m., plainclothes Detectives from the North Hudson Catalytic Converter Task Force, which includes the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, The Union City Police Department, The North Bergen Police Department, The Weehawken Police Department, and The West New York Police Department, observed a 2006 gray colored Infiniti M35X bearing New Jersey temporary registration tags parked blocking a driveway on the 3700 Block of Hudson Avenue in Union City.
The vehicle’s trunk was open and two unidentified males were observed exiting the vehicle and running southbound on Hudson Avenue. The vehicle was left with the engine running and the trunk open and plainclothes detectives pursued the individuals on foot. Upon checking the area, detectives observed a 2007 Gray Mitsubishi Outlander parked immediately south of the Infiniti and an aluminum/steel car floor jack was observed under the Outlander and the Outlander’s front left passenger side was lifted off the floor by the floor jack. Also in close proximity to the floor jack, detectives located a sawzall on the sidewalk.
Task Force detectives subsequently located Weekley hiding under a tarp on the property of a daycare located at 118 37Th Street and he was taken into custody without incident. The other suspect remains at large. The Task Force investigation into the rash of catalytic convertor thefts is ongoing.
Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, The Union City Police Department, The North Bergen Police Department, The Weehawken Police Department, The West New York Police Department and The Hudson County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, with the investigation and arrests.
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Are Merely Accusation And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
FILED UNDER AUGUST 3, 2021: LAW, HUDSON: