Jackson Police Department News Release
Bias Investigation Update
This is an update to the release regarding the September 14th incident which took place on Louisiana Parkway.
Jackson Police Detective John Rodriguez recently completed his follow up investigation to this incident and as a result of that investigation, the following complaints were signed:
The teenaged male driver who was initially charged with harassment and bias intimidation in the incident was additionally charged with simple assault for an attempt by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. The matter will be forwarded to the Family Court.
Juvenile complaints were prepared charging a teenaged male passenger of the vehicle with bias intimidation and harassment. The matter will be forwarded to the Family Court.
An adult male passenger of the vehicle was charged with bias intimidation and harassment on a summons complaint.
– The media and the public are reminded that any persons arrested or charged with any offenses or crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
On Saturday September 14, 2019, officers responded to a residence located on Louisiana Parkway on the report of a bias incident.
It was reported that two Jewish residents were standing near the curb in front of the residence when a passing vehicle swerved at them, forcing them to jump onto the curb to safety. As the vehicle passed, the occupants of the vehicle were reported to have been yelling obscenities and insults in reference to their religion at the residents. The vehicle drove down the street and turned around and came back, swerving at the two a second time as the occupants again yelled obscenities and insults at the two. A nearby resident who observed the incident then called police headquarters to report it.
Police Officer Stephen Cilento investigated the incident and was able to identify the driver of the vehicle after being provided with the license plate. The teenaged male driver was later identified and juvenile complaints charging him with harassment and bias intimidation were prepared. The matter will be forwarded to the Family Court.
The investigation is ongoing at this time and additional complaints may be signed as it proceeds.
- The media and the public are reminded that any persons arrested or charged with any offenses or crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Captain Steven Laskiewicz
Investigations Division Commander
Public Information Officer
Jackson Police Department
September 30, 2019
Y ugh ugh
Seems like quite a thorough investigation. Now what the hell about the Robisons?!!
Carol Ann
We’re all waiting…
Carol Ann that’s what i would like to know.
Lol what’s that
Steph VanPelt
We copied and pasted the press release from Jackson! ??
I grew up as an overweight girl. If I pressed charges or sued all the people that made bias remarks towards me or the times I had things thrown at me from cars being called fat, there would be an awful lot of people with police records and I’d be rich. People need to grow a set of balllllzzzzz and carry on. There are always going to be nasty rude people in this world. Suck it up!!!!
KL Darcy Sorry that happened to you but it doesn’t make it acceptable. As adults we should in no way make excuses for this behavior. The kids/teens that did that to you were bullies
KL Darcy Did anyone attempt to drive a car into you causing you to run out for cover? Anyone ever try to kill you? Are there people out there who hate overweight people so much they want to take away your home and your business and throw you and your children in concentration camps or force you to take off your children’s clothes and then your own right before they put bullets in all your heads, yank out your gold fillings and throw your bodies in a mass grave? No? Than don’t make idiot comments like this! There’s no comparison between some school yard teasing and having people despise you to the point they’d want to see you, your parents, siblings, husband, in-laws, cousins and children all exterminated.
Same hypocrites that drive mb or audis in takewood, if you knew your history, what kind of trucks did Germans use to transport ? I see more mb audis bmw all over that zip code i guess they forgot
Fée Fatiguée ummmmm, I had full unopened beer cans whipped at my head which yessss, could have killed me and several times had caused gashes in my head. I’ve got the deep scars on my scalp as the memories. Sooooo, don’t tell me this is totally different!!!!
KL Darcy So you’re telling me that what happened to you rises to the level of what happens to Jews during the Holocaust? Please tell me when in history 6 million fat people were senselessly put to their deaths. I consider myself a good historian and I don’t remember that part. If you were fat and were teased uou had options – you could have done things like diet and exercise to get in shape so you weren’t ostracized. Tell me how a Jew can change their ethnicity. So please explain how you being teased as a child for being gay rises to the Holocaust. Apparently in your mind it does and you feel I’m missing something.
Fée Fatiguée my weight condition was a medical condition, I’ve dealt with thyroid cancer at a young age. I was on chemo, losing hair, losing my life so NOOO, it wasn’t my choice. As far as religion, I’m Catholic, I wasn’t even able to have children, I by the grace of MY faith and God was blessed 10 years ago with the most precious son ever. He’s my miracle baby!!!! When I had him Christened, 2 days later, front page of the APP, the scum of a priest was arrested for molesting a boy when he was a practicing priest in Trenton. That priest had his hands on my son blessing him with oil on his forehead and chest!!!!! That slime touched my son after knowing what he did. Soooooo, is this a religious conversation , noooooo, but, since you brought it up am I happy with my religion and faith I was brought up with???????? Nooooooo! But am I going to compare what happened to my son and the faith I believed in to what happened to the Jews in the Holocaust???? Noooooo! It boils down too rotten people, not rotten faiths!!!!!
KL Darcy I’m sorry about your experiences but I’m still unsure why you feel you can draw a parallel between some kids teasing you and rotten things like throwing things at you to people walking down the street almost getting mowed down?
KL Darcy Regarding attributing the weight gain to thyroid cancer, I did a review of the literature on that (because I’m intellectually curious) and it seems there is not appreciable weight gain, statistically speaking from thyroid cancer due to the availability of thyroid replacement meds. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22066475/
Fée Fatiguée when you are put on meds after surgery, they have to play around with Milligrams. If you are NOT taking the proper Mg you can either gain or lose a significant amount of weight until you are at the proper dosage. Thanks for the research and concern. That’s very sweet, however, I’ve been cancer free for 27 years now and feel fantastic. Now, 7 years ago when I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and I had to take chemo pills for 11 months brought back some horrible memories but, I made it through that as well. Again, thank you for being so concerned and doing some research. It’s amazing how medicine over the past 30 years has progressed and how simple the surgery is now, along with the chemo and radiation treatments, and the meds. Again, thanks for the concern for all the research you did. I truly appreciate it even though I already know everything about it. Have a wonderful day, and God bless you???