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Reports Of Gunshots Prompt Lockdown At Cliffside Park HS, Two Being Questioned: Officials Reports Of Gunshots Prompt Lockdown At Cliffside Park HS, Two Being Questioned: Officials
Reports Of Gunshots Prompt Lockdown At Cliffside Park HS, Two Being Questioned: Officials Reports of gunshots inside Cliffside Park High School sent the building into lockdown Friday morning, Feb. 21, but police later determined there was no active threat, officials said. Cliffside Park Police received two calls about possible gunfire at the high school on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at 9:50 a.m., Cliffside Park Spokesman Bill Maer said. Officers responded immediately, securing the school and initiating a lockdown, according to Maer said. Law enforcement entered the building and determined there was no danger to students or staff, authorities said. Maer said two individuals were tak…

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by Cecilia Levine
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All Clear After Active Shooter Reported At Joint Air Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst All Clear After Active Shooter Reported At Joint Air Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
All Clear After Active Shooter Reported At Joint Air Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst An all-clear was given approximately 45 minutes after an active shooter was reported at Joint Air Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Thursday afternoon, Oct. 26. The military base reported the incident around 3 p.m., saying a shooter was in Building 5231. LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN ACTIVE SHOOTER REPORTED ON JBMDL BLDG 5231. ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO LOCKDOWN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL PERSONNEL OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE COVER. Posted by Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Thursday, October 26, 2023 UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE ALL CLEAR JBMDL IS NO LONGER UNDER A LOCKDOWN CONDITION, WE HAVE CONFIRMED…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
'Accidental' Lockdown Activation Brings Police To Morris County Middle School 'Accidental' Lockdown Activation Brings Police To Morris County Middle School
'Accidental' Lockdown Activation Brings Police To Morris County Middle School An "accidental" lockdown activation brought several police officers to a Morris County middle school to investigate, authorities said. Chatham Middle School was testing the district’s 911 alert system when it inadvertently sent a lockdown message to the Morris County 911 Communications Center and prompted an immediate police response around 1:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, the department said. While the department confirmed that a lockdown had not been initiated by the school, a shelter-in-place command was ordered to allow police to do a “precautionary sweep” of the building, authorities sa…

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by Valerie Musson
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GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD
Gotcha! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD What seemed like an unending series of phone threats that plagued Hackensack High School and city police for nearly three months led to the arrest of a stock clerk from Garfield, authorities announced. Christopher Vitone, 38, was seized at his job after Hackensack Police Detectives Chris Lara-Nunez and Felix Katsaroans identified him as the "swatter" responsible for one of the calls, which was made to Hackensack police on June 16, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said Monday. An investigation was continuing into more than a dozen other bomb threats and false alarms to both the city Boar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Third Bogus Threat Of Month Briefly Locks Down Hackensack High School Third Bogus Threat Of Month Briefly Locks Down Hackensack High School
Third Bogus Threat Of Month Briefly Locks Down Hackensack High School Another day, another unfounded threat at Hackensack High School rattles and annoys people. Students, staff and particularly parents and law enforcers have grown irritated by a recent string of calls, including one that forced a brief lockdown on Wednesday, March 30 when someone reportedly threatened to shoot up the school. That makes three just this month alone -- all of which city police are investigating aggressively. Wednesday's lockdown ended quickly. No streets were closed nor injuries reported. "The school was checked by police personnel and the unspecified threat was deemed unfound…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: System Inadvertently Triggered At OLM In Park Ridge SCHOOL LOCKDOWN: System Inadvertently Triggered At OLM In Park Ridge
School Lockdown: System Inadvertently Triggered At OLM In Park Ridge School was back in session Thursday after an accidental activation of the lockdown system at Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Park Ridge brought a huge law enforcement response. "We're not sure why the lockdown system was activated," Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolla said, "but we treated it as genuine, as always. Everything went smoothly." Police established a perimeter and summoned their colleagues from local towns, as well as Bergen County Regional SWAT team, the captain said. They cleared the elementary school classroom by classroom while bringing the students to a safe location, he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident
FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Morristown Medical Center On 'Precautionary' Lockdown Due To Off-Campus Incident, Officials Say Morristown Medical Center On 'Precautionary' Lockdown Due To Off-Campus Incident, Officials Say
Morristown Medical Center On 'Precautionary' Lockdown Due To Off-Campus Incident, Officials Say UPDATE: A gunman was arrested after hitting a woman in front of their small child then torching area vehicles, prompting a precautionary lockdown of Morristown Medical Center Monday night, authorities said Tuesday. ** ORIGINAL STORY ** Morristown Medical Center was placed on lockdown as a precaution due to an off campus police incident, hospital officials said. Hospital spokesman Luke Margolis said that the steps that the hospital was taking were "precautionary only." Meanwhile, nearly two dozen police cars were called to Franklin Street in search of a 30-year-old gunman, Morristown.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy Promises Monday Reopening Announcement On Casinos, Outdoor Dining, Retail, Personal Care Murphy Promises Monday Reopening Announcement On Casinos, Outdoor Dining, Retail, Personal Care
Murphy Promises Monday Reopening Announcement On Casinos, Outdoor Dining, Retail, Personal Care Atlantic City’s casinos could reopen with restrictions by the Fourth of July weekend, among other loosening of the statewide coronavirus lockdown involving dining, shopping and personal care, Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday. ** UPDATE: Murphy on Monday announced hard dates for Stage 2 of New Jersey's economic restart, including the reopening of outdoor dining, nonessential retail and salons. More information on gyms is expected to follow in the coming days. ** Murphy already has said he’ll permit daycare centers, non-contact sports and youth day camps to reopen soon. Outdoor dining, non-essen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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No Matter What: Defiant Morris County Salon Owners Promise June 1 Reopening No Matter What: Defiant Morris County Salon Owners Promise June 1 Reopening
No Matter What: Defiant Morris County Salon Owners Promise June 1 Reopening The owners of a Morris County salon is fed up with the coronavirus lockdown and vows to reopen June 1. Nicholas Mirabella and George Verdis say they and their employees at Brick and Mirror Beauty Bar in Parsippany have a reopening plan in place. And they plan on going through with it whether or not they have the OK from state officials. "We have families to feed, employees with families to feed," Verdis said in a CNN interview. "We were told we were reopening in 15 days... and it kept getting extended." The salon -- along with thousands of others across New Jersey -- has been closed since…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park
Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park An eye surgery center in Elmwood Park was temporarily locked down Wednesday morning after an employee found a bullet inadvertently taped to his locker by a member of the cleaning staff, authorities said. An employee at Phillips Eye Center on River Driver found the .22-caliber long rifle round taped to his locker and alerted management, who called police, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The River Drive Eye Center building was locked down "out of an abundance of caution" and K9 units were summoned, said Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. As employees were being interviewed, "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Brought 'Numerous' Rounds Of Ammo To Westfield School: Pros. UPDATE: Man Brought 'Numerous' Rounds Of Ammo To Westfield School: Pros.
Update: Man Brought 'Numerous' Rounds Of Ammo To Westfield School: Pros. UPDATE, Friday, June 14: The Union County Prosecutor's Office identified the man arrested at a Westfield grade school Thursday. Click here for more. The original story is below.  Tamaques School in Westfield was on a brief lockdown Thursday afternoon when an armed man was found in the parking lot of the school, Chief of Police Christopher Battiloro said.  Westfield police were notified by the state police in Delaware shortly before 4 p.m. that the man, whose identity was not immediately released, might be on the grounds of the school.  Responding officers located the man in …

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by Paul Milo
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Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech
Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech An incident that a law enforcement official is calling a "screenshot of an indirect threat" at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne was deemed not credible. Thursday's PCIT threat -- which resulted in an increased police presence Friday -- was separate from another at Morris County School of Technology in Denville. The Morris County campus was in lockdown for nearly two hours Friday morning causing a domino effect of precautionary measures in surrounding districts. "Out of an abundance of caution, we increased patrols in and around the school and are closely monitoring the situation,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Garfield High School Locked Down, Searched After Threat Garfield High School Locked Down, Searched After Threat
Garfield High School Locked Down, Searched After Threat GARFIELD, N.J. -- A threat locked down Garfield High School on Friday. The threat "was found on a note in the hallway," Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. "The school resource officer and school administration decided to have the student's shelter in place and lock down the school." Garfield police secured the school, with help from a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, the county sheriff's office and GHS security. Officers from Elmwood Park, Lodi, Passaic, Saddle Brook and the New Jersey State Police helped secure the outer perimeter and a search was conducted.  "Stude…

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by Jerry DeMarco