Hoboken Police Respond To Report Of Dispute, Arrest Man With Knife

HOBOKEN, NJ — After Hoboken police responded to a report of a man swinging a wooden stick at another person last month, they learned he was not supposed to have weapons due to prior convictions, they said.

Police said that around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 7, officers were waved down near the 700 block of Washington Street by Stevens Institute of Technology police.

The police "reported a dispute in which one man was swinging a wooden stick at another," police said.

The victim had already left. Police recognized the perpetrator as Robbie Moore, 55, of Hoboken, from a prior interaction, they said.

Moore began yelling and started to walk away from the officers during the on-scene investigation, even after being ordered to stop, police said.

They arrested Moore.

When they searched him, they found "a fishing/hunting-type knife," they said.

Moore was taken to Hoboken Police Headquarters. There, police found out that he had prior convictions in another state, police said.

As a result, he was not allowed to be in possession of a weapon, police said.

Moore was charged with unlawful possession of weapons, certain persons not to have weapons, disorderly conduct, and obstructing the administration of the law.

He was taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility, police said.