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Atlantic City Suspect Arrested After Pointing Gun During 'Mental Crisis': Police Atlantic City Suspect Arrested After Pointing Gun During 'Mental Crisis': Police
Atlantic City Suspect Arrested After Pointing Gun During 'Mental Crisis': Police Atlantic City police arrested a man amid a mental health crisis who pointed a handgun at a woman. Troy Williams, 45, of Atlantic City. was charged with weapons offenses, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and possession of drugs, police said. On Wednesday, July 5, at 1:52 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 300 block of Rosemont Place in reference to a woman being held against her will, and the suspect was armed with a handgun. Additionally, information was provided that the suspect was having a mental health episode, police said. Shortly after officers arrived, the victim ra…

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by Jon Craig
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Distraught Man Holds Officers At Bay For Hours In First Paterson Standoff Since State Takeover Distraught Man Holds Officers At Bay For Hours In First Paterson Standoff Since State Takeover
Distraught Man Holds Officers At Bay For Hours In First Paterson Standoff Since State Takeover The first standoff in Paterson since the state attorney general's office took control of the police department ended peacefully last weekend when a distraught man wielding a knife surrendered after 6 ½ hours, authorities said. Paterson and New Jersey State police worked together to resolve the confrontation with no injuries at NJ TRANSIT's Market Street garage, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Friday, April 14 No charges were filed, either, because the incident was considered a mental-health crisis that “involved police action as part of law enforcement’s community caret…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel
Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel WATCH: Surveillance video released Thursday shows an armed suspect slashing a police officer's face with a knife before two colleagues shoot at him as he runs down the hallway of a Clifton hotel. State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released the video along with others recorded in the Dec. 27, 2020 Clifton police encounter with Antwan Whitlock,, 35, of Union Township at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's. Whitlock, who wasn’t struck by gunfire as he ran down the hallway later stabbed himself in the chest when other SWAT team officers caught up to him, Grewal said. It began when three Clifton o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd
Update: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's early last week as a Union Township resident. Antwan Whitlock, 35, remained hospitalized Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the Dec. 27 incident in Clifton. He's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and weapons possession and will be brought before a judge for a first appearance as soon as he's physically able. It began when three Clifton officers responded to…

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by Jerry DeMarco