A Newark boy who thought he might head home with a major payday of stolen items instead wound up heading to juvenile detention — at least for a little while — after the quick thinking of a police officer, who saw the boy trying car door handles on several vehicles, Det. Sgt. Michael Gontarczuk, the Kearny Police Department’s public information officer, said.
According to Gontarczuk :
On Dec. 13 at around 2:30 a.m., Kearny PD units received a radio broadcast of a robbery near Afton Street and Hillside Avenue. A woman there told police a young male wearing all dark clothing and a white face covering approached her as she was exiting her vehicle, threw her to the ground, then forcefully grabbed at her purse and demanded money, becoming frustrated as she attempted to resist…