A 28 year-old Jersey City woman was standing on the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue around 7:30 pm Monday night. A gold Acura with three men in it pulled up and asked if she was lost. She told them she wasn't and let it go there.
That is when Jersey City's own Aamir Walayat, riding in the front passenger seat asked "Are you sure?" and got out, grabbed the woman's wrist and tried pulling her into the car. The woman screamed, her husband shopping in a computer store nearby came running and the would-be kidnappers took off. This is where this brave woman kept her head about her and did something that led to the arrest of these assclowns, she took out her cell phone and started taking pictures of the men and the fleeing car.
Of the pictures, the police report reported one that clearly shows the car's license plate number and the face of one of the men with his head craning out of the rear of the car looking back at her.
After police got the picture they found Walayat, Hamayun Mumtaz also of Jersey City, and Omair Chaudhry who is from Bayonne in the gold Acura in a parking lot at Bergen Avenue and Reed Street.
We hope the courts take this attempted, well, kidnapping, seriously. Who knows what these guys were up to? Who knows how far they would have gone had they gotten her inside the car. Throw the book at these losers please.
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This sounds like a set up. Why would they be trying to kidnap a woman on a busy street in a busy area at a busy time?! Journal square is a really busy area and I don't think they would choose that place to kidnap someone. It is not even completely dark at 7:30pm. Just because she took pictures of the car does not mean anything unless there were witnesses who saw what happened. If she was about to be kidnapped how did she think so fast and actually got a clear picture of the license plate? Also, if they were trying to kidnap wouldn't they try to run as far away from the scene as possible? Why were they found a mile away and all 3 of them were still in the car? I'm sure they would try to hide or run away.
Interesting ideas but yes, hopefully witnesses can shed more light on things. Maybe her photo was just dumb luck or she did keep her wits about her. It wouldn't be easy but not impossible. Some of the new smartphones can take some amazing pictures.
Perhaps street cameras and intersection cameras can see what these guys were doing on their way to the scene and see if that sheds any light on matters.
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