Four women charged with assault in Hoboken brawl: police

HOBOKEN, NJ – Several people have been charged with assault in connection with fights in Hoboken in early October, according to police reports.

Police said that around 3:10 a.m. on Oct. 6, Officers Andrias Bonilla and Kyle Seper responded to the area of ​​Newark and Hudson streets to a report of four people fighting.

They tried to separate the parties, police said. More police came to help.

Ultimately, four people were arrested and charged.

Nicole Delhoyo, 22, of Hasbrouck Heights, Kayla Dupoux, 23, of Totowa, and Alexa Stanulis, 24, of Staten Island, were charged with simple assault, police said.

Nicole Defranco, 25, of Staten Island was charged with aggravated assault on police, police said. “Defranco pushed police as they arrested Stanulis,” police said.

All four were taken to Hoboken Police Headquarters, processed and released with citations, police said.

In another incident that day, just before 8 p.m., police officers Frank Losurdo and Michael Bonanno responded to Church Square Park to reports of a fight. A man, whose cheek was bleeding, told them he had been attacked by a woman.

Police identified the woman as Patricia Lavacchi, 50, of Union City. Police took her to Hoboken Police Headquarters. She was charged with simple assault, processed and released with a citation and court date, police said.

The next day, at approximately 6:45 a.m., police officers Anthony Ingraffia and Enrico Gnassi responded to the Hoboken Shelter, 300 Bloomfield St., to reports that someone needed to be removed from the premises. An investigation revealed that two people were involved in an argument and one, later identified as Kevin Belmont, 39, of Hoboken, allegedly sprayed pepper spray in the other person's eyes, police said.

Police found Belmont outside, took the pepper spray and arrested him, they said.

At headquarters, police discovered he had an active warrant for his arrest for theft out of Hoboken, sources said.

He was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and obstruction. He was taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility.