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SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders
SWAT Standoff: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders A SWAT standoff at a hotel on the New Jersey/New York border ended peacefully when negotiators talked a barricaded Passaic County man from his room. Local police cleared the floor after the North Haledon man, 53, made what were characterized as alarming phone calls from his room at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel in Mahwah late Thursday, April 14. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and Regional Crisis Negotiation Team were summoned. The man apparently believed he was being either tracked or followed to the hotel -- also known as the Crossroads -- at the confluence of Routes 287, 17 and 202 in Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Snake KO's Power To Bergen Hotel Complex For Hours Snake KO's Power To Bergen Hotel Complex For Hours
Snake KO's Power To Bergen Hotel Complex For Hours A snake estimated at nearly 10 feet long knocked out power for several hours to the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel near the Rockland County border.  Monday's outage at the hotel off Routes 287 and 17 and the NY State Thruway lasted about 4½ hours, Mahwah Fire Chief Michael Roe said. It began around 11 a.m., he said, after the snake got tangled in some switching gear on the property.  A fire alarm sounded as soon as an Orange and Rockland Utilities crew restored power, bringing Mahwah Fire Companies 1 and 2, Roe said. No problems were found, he said. Just a dead snake. ****** ALSO SEE (…

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by Jerry DeMarco