Police Catch Alleged Package Thief in Hoboken

Police say they have caught a man who was allegedly stealing packages from a building at 10th and Hudson Street. 

Isodore Grant, 37, of Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday afternoon during a patrol of the Housing Authority area, and charged with theft and burglary, according to police reports.

When police saw Grant, they immediately recognized him as the man who had been allegedly taking packages from a building at 1030 Hudson St, police said.

After police looked at surveillance footage, they confirmed that Grant was the same man who allegedly stole packages from the uptown lobby.

Grant was wearing a wool hat with horseshoe print, black dark tinted sunglasses and black heavy duty work gloves in both the surveillance footage and on Wednesday afternoon.

When police started following Grant on Wednesday afternoon, he claimed that he had been in town to deliver newspapers. The newspapers were three days old, police said, and his story didn't add up.

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