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Sunday, dec 22
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Bergen County SWAT
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SWAT Standoff Ends With Violent Fugitive In Custody, Attic Fire In Maywood
The Bergen County SWAT team was called to a quiet neighborhood in Maywood on Wednesday morning, May 22. Police vehicles from multiple jurisdictions lined the neighborhood as the team converged on a Prospect Avenue home around 8 a.m. UPDATE: Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic One person taken into custody at approximately 8:40 a.m., sources with direct knowledge of the incident tell Daily Voice. The suspect started a fire in the attic of the home, bringing firefighters to the scene just after his arrest, sources tel…
Police & Fire
Ho-Ho-Kus SWAT Situation Ends Peacefully (
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A man who barricaded himself in a Ho-Ho-Kus home apparently with multiple registered firearms was hospitalized after an hour-long standoff, sources say. The Bergen County SWAT team responded to the Lakewood Avenue home just before 5 p.m., apparently as a precaution. It was not clear why authorities responded to the house. The man was later taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for evaluation. It was not clear if he was charged.
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Hackensack PD: Drug-Dealing Lyft Driver With Stolen Gun Charged With Endangering Daughter, 3
A Lyft driver from Hackensack with a 3-year-old daughter was arrested with a stolen handgun, three pounds of pot and more than $35,000 in proceeds after police learned that he’d been selling drugs near a local school, authorities said. It began after Narcotics Bureau Detective Sgt. John Dalton stopped Robinson Jeanbaptiste, 36, and found a passenger from New York City in the vehicle carrying five pounds of pot, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Armed with a search warrant, detectives summoned a Bergen County SWAT team and raided Jeanbaptiste’s luxury apartment on Friday, DeWitt said. Th…
Police & Fire
Troubled Woman Barricaded In Bergenfield Home
A troubled woman barricaded herself for several hours inside a Bergenfield home before she was taken into custody. Area streets remained closed as members of Bergen County SWAT and Regional Crisis Negotiation teams joined borough police at the Maiden Lane home after the standoff began around 12:30 p.m. It continued for more than five hours before the SWAT team forced its way in and seized the woman without further incident. She was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation.
Police & Fire
Convicted Hackensack Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In Morris County Jail
A Hackensack man with a history of narcotics trafficking was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, authorities said. Michael T. Swanson, 42, dealt cocaine in Morris and surrounding counties before he was caught. He pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Swanson, in 2011, had been convicted of similar offenses in Passaic County. He must serve at least 53 months before earning parole eligibility. Swanson, who was dealing drugs out of Morris County between January 2017 and …
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