A Jersey City Heights resident told police she had to dive for cover when a man opened fire on three of her neighbors early yesterday, but police spoke to two of the men she said were targeted and they denied knowing anything about it, reports said.

At 2:59 a.m., police responded to Thorne Street off Summit Avenue and the 43-year-old resident said she was walking to her car when a man got out of a red Honda and fired three shots at three men who had just left a nearby building, reports said.

The woman said she dove into an alley when the gunfire erupted and she heard the three men who were targeted running back toward their building, reports said.

Police said they were familiar with two of the men the resident said were targeted, but both denied any involvement and said no shots had been fired, reports said.

Police asked residents who had come to their windows if they heard shots and none said they had, reports said. The woman's husband said he heard three shots from inside their apartment, but said he did not see the gunman or driver, reports said.

Police searched the area for the vehicle but came up empty, reports said.

A Jersey City man was attacked and robbed of his cell phone outside his home Wednesday night, officials said.

The Irving Street victim, 45, was standing outside of his house at around 9 p.m. when three males approached and without saying anything one of them punched him in the face and stole his cell phone, reports said.

The victim said the males were between the ages of 18 and 23 and stood about 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7.

The victim was taken to Christ Hospital for treatment of a possible broken jaw, reports said.

Two Jersey City gas stations were robbed within 15 minutes early yesterday morning, reports said.

Police said that at about 3:10 a.m. at Lukoil Gas, 3130 Kennedy Blvd., a man wielding a 6-inch knife stepped out of an old model, blue 4-door car, put on a blue face mask, approached the attendant and said, "Give me your money."

The attendant handed over a wad of singles totaling approximately $100 and the robber got back in his car and fled south on Kennedy Boulevard toward Journal Square, police reports said.

Fourteen minutes later, officers were sent to the Hess Gas Station on Route 440 on a report of a robbery in progress.

A male driving a blue, 2-door Honda Accord asked the employee to fill his gas tank, and when the employee came to collect money, the driver pulled out a knife and said, "Give me your money," reports said.

The employee handed over $90. The robber fled south on Route 440.

KEARNY –– A brazen con man passing himself off as a police officer ripped off $1,000 from two Long Branch men Tuesday afternoon during a phony police stop.

Driving a silver Volkswagen, the fake cop pulled up alongside the men, who were driving on Fish House Road near Central Avenue at 4:30 p.m., reports said.

The phony officer, who wore no uniform, flashed some kind of badge and told the men to pull over, reports said.

After they pulled over, the con man asked to see their licenses and registrations. As they were fishing through their wallets to retrieve the documents, the fake cop told them to hand over their wallets to speed up the process, which they did, reports said.

The crook then returned to his Volkswagen, but returned in a few minutes and told the men their car had to be towed, so the driver needed to give him the car keys, which he did.

The con man then sped away in his Volkswagen with the car keys and wallets, which contained roughly $1,000.

The thief never showed a weapon, although the victims told police they saw handcuffs, reports said.

"These two guys weren't going to put up an argument. They were doing what they were told to do," said Kearny Police Sgt. John View.

"If someone is uncomfortable, they can always call 911 to ask and confirm if this person is an officer, especially in an industrial area," he added.

NORTH BERGEN -- Police arrested Claus Jaeschke, 27, a township resident, on Sunday and charged him with beating his 19-year-old girlfriend –– in violation of a restraining order.

Police responded to a report of an argument at 8:40 p.m. and met Jaeschke in front of the victim's home, reports said.

Jaeschke told cops he went to the woman's house to pick up some belongings.

But the woman told cops the couple had an argument Saturday night at 11 p.m. that escalated to an attack by Jaeschke, police said.

The victim was kicked and thrown by Jaeschke, police said.

He also had a warrant out of Union City for failure to appear in court, reports said.

Jersey City CREATE Charter School security guard under indictment on sex charges




Jersey Journal file photoMessan Milevor, 21, who appeared at Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in August 2009, is charged with criminal sexual contact with a 17-year-old girl.



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A security guard who worked at Jersey City's CREATE Charter School has been banned from the premises after The Jersey Journal learned he is under indictment on multiple sex offenses, officials said.

The security guard –– Messan Milevor, 22, of Randolph Avenue –– was indicted on Dec. 9 for criminal sexual contact with a 17-year-old girl.

He was additionally charged with attempted sexual assault, child abuse, luring or enticing a child and making terroristic threats, Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Najma Rana said.



The Jersey Journal looked into the matter after Milevor recently made news in an unrelated story.

On March 11, a gun was confiscated from a 16-year-old at the Lembeck Avenue school and an 18-year-old was charged with punching Milevor.



Milevor's name wasn't included in the story, but a check connected him to an Aug. 6 story published in The Jersey Journal about his arrest.



"He is not coming back in the building," CREATE's chief administrator Steve Lipski said yesterday about Milevor.

Milevor was supplied to the school by a New York agency, Command Security Corporation, and only worked at the school March 11 and 12, filling in for another guard, Lipski said.



CSC officials didn't return phone calls.

Up until Tuesday night CSC was telling Lipski that Milevor's record is clean, which is true.



Rana, the assistant prosecutor, knew of no convictions against Milevor's in the record. The charges he faces now remains an accusation.



The allegation against Milevor is that the girl applied for a job at Milevor's place of work, Detroit Fried Chicken on Bidwell Avenue.



When she ran into him again on Aug. 3, 2009, she asked why he never called about the job, officials said.

Milevor then took the victim, who was with her 4-year-old brother to his home where he allegedly touched her breasts and wanted to have sex with her, but she said no, officials said.



Milevor allegedly hit the girl who bit him and ran home with her brother, officials said. She later called police and identified Milevor as her attacker, officials said.

Rana said that Monday is Milevor's deadline for accepting a plea deal offer and if he does not, a trial date will be set.

A New York man who crashed into a marked Jersey City police car late last night and was charged with driving while intoxicated, officials said.

Michael B. Kelley, 44, of Pearl River, was also issued a summons for refusing to take a Breathalyzer following his arrest after the 11:15 p.m. crash on Tonnelle Avenue just north of the Tonnelle Circle, reports said.

The police car was stopped at Tonnelle and County Road at the scene of a crash with injuries when Kelley's Dodge pickup truck sideswiped the marked police car and an officer said the vehicle continued "with no intention of stopping," reports said.

The pickup was stopped by police a short distance away and an officer said Kelley's eyes were bloodshot, his clothes disheveled, he staggered and his speech was slurred, reports said.

The pickup had some impact damage and a flat tire, reports said, adding that the police car's right front fender was damaged, reports said.

A Jersey City woman suffered a leg injury near the West District Police Station when a fight broke out near Crown Chicken in the early morning hours today, officials said.

Officers responding to Crescent and Communipaw avenues on a report of a stabbing found the 20-year-old woman bleeding from the leg, reports said. She said she was hanging out near the chicken restaurant when a fight broke out and as she walked away she noticed blood on her leg, reports said.

The woman was very uncooperative, reports said, adding that she was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for stitches, reports said.

The victim was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was treated in the emergency room before being taken for a CAT scan and further observation, reports said.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.