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Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities
Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said. Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said. Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police
Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police UPDATE: FDU's Teaneck Campus briefly went into a shelter-in-place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU secur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE) FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE)
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (Update) FDU's Metro Campus briefly went into a shelter in place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU security immedi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Curling Iron Mistaken As 'Weapon' Sends Monmouth University Into Panicked Frenzy Curling Iron Mistaken As 'Weapon' Sends Monmouth University Into Panicked Frenzy
Curling Iron Mistaken As 'Weapon' Sends Monmouth University Into Panicked Frenzy The "weapon" that put Monmouth University into a shelter in place and alarming students across campus overnight has been identified as a curling iron, officials said. The hair tool was initially reported as a possible armed suspect with shots fired, prompting the lockdown at the West Long Branch school around 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, university officials and law enforcement said. More than four hours later, law enforcement and university officials found the "suspect" was carrying a curling iron. "Detectives were able to utilize video footage and other technology based on the desc…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Bergen Tech Building Briefly Sheltered After Trespasser Enters Adult School In Hackensack Bergen Tech Building Briefly Sheltered After Trespasser Enters Adult School In Hackensack
Bergen Tech Building Briefly Sheltered After Trespasser Enters Adult School In Hackensack A trespasser brought city police and Bergen County sheriff's officers to an adult school in Hackensack while prompting a shelter-in-place at the high school next door. A man wearing a hoodie who apparently is an ex-student showed up at the Bergen County Technical Schools Adult and Continuing Education building in the middle of the morning on Monday, Oct. 3, responders said. After parking at the Boston Market, he walked inside the school and was spotted by someone who notified authorities. A half-dozen or so units responded and the Bergen County Technical High School next door was briefly s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Secaucus Neighborhood Shelters In Place For FBI Investigation Secaucus Neighborhood Shelters In Place For FBI Investigation
Secaucus Neighborhood Shelters In Place For FBI Investigation Secaucus police ordered a local neighborhood to shelter in place for an FBI investigation. Initial and unconfirmed reports say only that law enforcement agents were called to Osprey Court due to a barricaded subject around 12:15 p.m. About an hour later, police told residents of Riverside Drive, Osprey Court, Mallard Place and Blue Heron Drive to shelter in place. The shelter in place order was lifted at 2:20 p.m. Secaucus police deferred further comments to the FBI. This is a developing story. Send photos to clevine@dailyvoice.com

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Boy, 15, Accused Of Social Media Threat Against Passaic Prep, Academy For Science, Engineering Boy, 15, Accused Of Social Media Threat Against Passaic Prep, Academy For Science, Engineering
Boy, 15, Accused Of Social Media Threat Against Passaic Prep, Academy For Science, Engineering A 15-year-old student at School No. 10 in Passaic was detained Friday on a delinquency complaint accusing him of making a social media threat against a local high school. The unspecified threat, referencing an act that would be carried out on Friday at the Passaic Preparatory Academy and Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering, was discovered Thursday afternoon. A similar threat was discovered just after 8:30 a.m. Friday, sending the facility into a shelter-in-place while authorities investigated, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman s…

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by Jerry DeMarco