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SWATTING: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford SWATTING: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford
Swatting: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford A bogus call of two masked men with guns triggered a large police response Wednesday to an industrial area of East Rutherford. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team was summoned after the "swatting" caller directed police to "masked guys with guns" at the Poplar Street address off Paterson Avenue around 4:10 p.m., authorities said. "At the time of the call, the complainant was difficult to understand due to a language barrier," East Rutherford Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said. "Upon officers arrival, all appeared in order, a perimeter was established and the area was secured." "Swattin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station 'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station
'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station A Bergen County Regional SWAT team, crisis negotiators and the county bomb squad were among the responders to what turned out to be a "swatting" incident at a Bergenfield gas station before dawn Saturday. The 5:13 a.m. a.m. caller claimed to be holed up in the BP station on New Bridge Road near the CSX railroad tracks and was planning to “blow the place up" -- prompting an immediate response, Bergenfield Police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The caller made several claims -- among them, that he could see police outside, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident said…

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by Jerry DeMarco