Man allegedly pointed knife at social worker in group home, Jersey City NJ
WeaponsPolice were called to a group home near Van Ripen Ave for an evaluation of a 42-year-old man. A social worker reported that the man allegedly pointed a knife at him. However, some residents said they did not see the man pull out a knife. The timing of the incident is unclear.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Once we meet her way over to near Van Ripen Ave, it's near Van Ripen between the boulevard and homestead.
00:06
Mobile Crisis got a call about a patient named (name withheld), 42-year-old male.
00:14
I guess him and a social worker inside of the group home over there got into some kind of incident.
00:20
The social worker was claiming that this male had pointed a knife at him.
00:25
Unknown exactly when this happened,
00:28
the person that called him for mobile crisis doesn't have that information.
00:33
But supposedly, according to people that were there, they don't want to actually saw him pull a knife out.
00:40
They need to do an e-val in this guy.
00:42
That's near Van Ripen between the Boulevard and Homestead.
00:48
So, 14 years old?
00:51
42. All right, let's see that.
01:04
Doc,
01:05
you just head with the one card and that's near Van Ripen for this e-val. There's not enough information on what's going on about this incident supposedly with a knife.
01:16
When it happens, there's no time frame. You just head over that way and it says...
01:21
I see.
01:26
You head in as well?
01:31
Seriously.
01:34
Lieutenant, what do you ask?
01:38
Mobile crisis is requested to do an eval on a patient over at that group home on Van Ripen.
01:44
Supposedly, the social worker that called them stated that the guy that they need to do an evaluation on.
01:51
Pointed a knife at him, I guess some of the residents say that just didn't actually happen.
01:57
It's unsure, I'm going through mobile crisis, because it's like a third party calling it in, really.
02:03
They need to do an eval and they just don't have a time frame on when this incident supposedly happened, whether it was a couple days ago or if it just happened now.
02:12
All right, mobile crisis is going to mute us over there.
02:17
That's correct.
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Location mentioned:
Near Van Reipen Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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