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Clifton SWAT Standoff Ends After 4 Hours Clifton SWAT Standoff Ends After 4 Hours
Clifton SWAT Standoff Ends After 4 Hours A SWAT situation in Clifton ended peacefully Thursday evening, Dec. 5, after a four-hour standoff, authorities said. Have photos? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com The incident began as a welfare check on a resident at a home near Valley Road and Belgrade Avenue, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. Officers arrived in the afternoon and became concerned for the individual’s well-being, but the person refused to cooperate, Anderson said. “For safety reasons, officers requested additional resources as a precaution,” Anderson added. The Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, including SWAT and nego…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor
Father, Three Sons Killed Daughter: Union County Prosecutor A father and his three sons were indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, Oct. 9 with manslaughter in the death of his daughter, a  28-year-old Union Township woman last May, authorities said. On Friday, May 10, the Union Police Department responded to the 300 block of Greenbriar Drive for a welfare check and found Kerline Joseph Charles dead at the scene, Union County Prosecutor William  Daniel and Union Police Director Christopher Donnelly said. The Union County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be cardiac arrest following physical restraint and…

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by Sam Barron
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MURDER-SUICIDE: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup MURDER-SUICIDE: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup
Murder-suicide: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup A dispute that led to an incendiary breakup ignited a murder-suicide in a private home in New Milford, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice. Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez were both found dead of gunshot wounds at his Myrtle Avenue home around 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed their identities and the cause of death late Sunday afternoon. He didn't say who investigators believe fired the shots. Perez was shot from behind, a source with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GRISLY FIND: 70-Something Westwood Woman Was Dead At Least A Week, Responders Say GRISLY FIND: 70-Something Westwood Woman Was Dead At Least A Week, Responders Say
Grisly Find: 70-Something Westwood Woman Was Dead At Least A Week, Responders Say UPDATE: The 76-year-old brother of a Westwood woman whose body was found at least a week after she died was arrested on related charges. Joan Winter, 70, formerly of Yonkers and Hartsdale, NY, and her brother Mark, 76, had lived together for several years in what had been their late mother's Kennedy Terrace home on a quiet cul-de-sac near Washington Avenue, those who knew them said. Two friends who’d gone to the house looking for Joan said Mark told them she’d gone, a source with direct knowledge of the discovery said. Westwood police went to the home to conduct a welfare check around 1 p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him CHILLING AUDIO: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him
Chilling Audio: Local NJ Police Try To Convince Man To Drop Sword Before Shooting Him "Patrick, drop it," a New Jersey police officer says in a calm, steady voice, pleading several times with a man wielding a 3-foot sword to surrender. "Listen to me, I know you're going through some...," the officer says before his voice rises. "Patrick drop it! Get on the ground! Get on the ground!" he screams. "Drop the knife!" Then four shots are heard. The confrontation in Somerset County early last fall lasted barely a minute. About an hour and 20 minutes later, Patrick Chin, 43, was pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. The comman…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Man Hospitalized After Police Response Troubled Man Hospitalized After Police Response
Troubled Man Hospitalized After Police Response A troubled man was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation on Tuesday after authorities responded to his Montvale home. Police had conducted a welfare check after a friend told police the man had texted a photo of a shotgun while saying he intended to harm himself. They summoned a Bergen County Regional SWAT unit and Regional Crisis Negotiation team as a precaution. The situation ended quickly without incident. Police from Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake and Upper Saddle River assisted, along with Bergen County sheriff's officers and members of the Tri-Boro V…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home
Prosecutor: Bodies Of Mother, 86, Son, 51, Found In Lakewood Home Two bodies found in a Lakewood home by police conducting a welfare check were identified as an 86-year-old woman and her 56-year-old son, authorities said Friday. The body of Fabiola Rubiano, 86, and James Rubiano, 51, both “appear to have extensive medical histories,” Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Billhimer didn’t indicate the suspected causes of death but said, rather, that an investigation by his Major Crime Unit, Lakewood police and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office, which collected evidence, was continuing. Police conducting a welfare check found the bodies on Thursday…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Morris County Man Who Shot At Police Conducting Welfare Check Had Firearms, Drugs Prosecutor: Morris County Man Who Shot At Police Conducting Welfare Check Had Firearms, Drugs
Prosecutor: Morris County Man Who Shot At Police Conducting Welfare Check Had Firearms, Drugs A Washington Township (Morris County) man who shot at officers conducting a welfare check had an assault rifle, ammunition and drugs, authorities charged. Police were conducting a welfare check on a suicidal man at Rock Road home when Keith O'Connor, 49, fired a shotgun "at or in their direction" around 7 p.m. Monday, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Authorities subsequently found more weapons, including an assault firearm and large-capacity ammunition magazines, and unspecified drugs, Knapp said. O’Connor faces various weapons and drug charges and remains in police cus…

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by Valerie Musson
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'TRULY HORRIFIC': Officer Fatally Shoots Former Fair Lawn Nurse Swinging Axe In Virginia Home 'TRULY HORRIFIC': Officer Fatally Shoots Former Fair Lawn Nurse Swinging Axe In Virginia Home
'Truly Horrific': Officer Fatally Shoots Former Fair Lawn Nurse Swinging Axe In Virginia Home A nurse from Fair Lawn who moved to Virginia was fatally shot by a police officer performing a welfare check at her house after she charged at him swinging an axe, authorities said. Henrico County police responded to the home of Gay Ellen Plack -- formerly of the Radburn section -- on a welfare check Tuesday, Police Chief Humberto Cardounel said in a video release. No one answered the officers' knocks at the front door, and so they went to the back of the house where they found an unlocked door, Cardounel said. The officers went inside and found a locked door, calling Plack's name several …

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by Cecilia Levine
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SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home
SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home A SWAT team stormed a Teaneck home early Saturday afternoon and seized a 72-year-old auto detailer who's had trouble before with the law. John Heywang barricaded himself in the Ogden Avenue home after Bergen County sheriff's officers went there Saturday morning to execute a removal order, law enforcement sources said. "What began as a civil eviction became a welfare check after there was no answer at the door," Sheriff Anthony Cureton said.  Officers determined that Heywang was inside but wasn't answering the door, Cureton said.  So reinforcements were called in. After 90 minut…

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by Jerry DeMarco