Around 5:15 PM on March 19, 2024, Officers Chelsea Tamborra and Rose Kanan with the Hoboken Police Department responded to a report of a shoplifting involving 2 females that had occurred at ShopRite at 900 Madison Street. They made contact with the alleged shoplifters, who were being detained in the loss prevention office. The alleged shoplifters were identified as 20-year-old Bhavya and 21-year-old Yamini. The loss prevention officer showed the officer surveillance footage of the 2 alleged suspects attempting to leave without paying for 27 items totaling $155.61 after only paying for 2 items totaling $8.74. The loss prevention officer noticed these two individuals were apparently repeat offenders because they were flagged by their facial recognition system, but they had allegedly run away before they could be apprehended that time. Officers Tamborra and Kanan placed Bhavya and Yamini under arrest. They were transported in the same vehicle to the Hoboken Police Department for further processing. At the police station, they were processed and each of them were charged with 1 count of shoplifting merchandise under 2C:20-11B(1). After they were processed at the Hoboken Police Department and handed their summonses, they were released with a summons to appear in court. ------------------------------------------- Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and consider supporting this channel (email us for more information). Donations will be used to acquire more public footage related to law enforcement activities. Our content is educational and in compliance with YouTube's Fair Use Policy because we edit several long clips into a concise story. This is similar to other law enforcement channels on YouTube. All videos and case documents were obtained pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (P.L. 2001, c. 404). Defendants are considered innocent until proven guilty. The New Jersey Supreme Court has previously affirmed in Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group, 993 A.2d 778 (2010) that “The fair-report privilege reflects the judgment that the need, in a self-governing society, for free-flowing information about matters of public interest outweighs concerns over the uncompensated injury to a person's reputation.” This video advances a compelling public interest. The summary of events was based on records that are “open to public view through open access to public records” as defined in the Salzano case. In Ramos v. Flowers, 429 N.J. Super. 13, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court has also affirmed the right to film law enforcement interactions.

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