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31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect 31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect
31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect A 31-hour SWAT standoff in Newark ended Friday afternoon when police returned fire on the 42-year-old suspect, police announced. Detectives from the Essex County Narcotics Task Force were executing a warrant at a Clinton Place home around 6 a.m. Thursday when someone in the house fired shots at officers, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Officers took cover, evacuated residents in the other apartments at 34 Clinton Pl., and evacuated the homes in the two adjacent homes. As a result, eig…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Englewood Traffic Stop Reveals Fentanyl; Driver Charged Prosecutor: Englewood Traffic Stop Reveals Fentanyl; Driver Charged
Prosecutor: Englewood Traffic Stop Reveals Fentanyl; Driver Charged A narcotics investigation launched by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office led to the arrest of a 49-year-old man who was busted with five kilograms of Fentanyl and nearly $6,000 in alleged drug money. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced the arrest of Bronx resident Louis Vasquez, who is facing multiple charges following the investigation, which was led by Chief Robert Anzilotti. Calo said that on Tuesday, Feb. 13, police stopped Vasquez’s car in Englewood as part of the investigation. During the subsequent traffic stop, a search of Vasquez’s vehicle led to the discovery …

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by Zak Failla