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15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father 15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father
15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father A 15-hour standoff in Wayne ended peacefully early Thursday morning, Nov. 21 after police negotiated the surrender of a 27-year-old man who had armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself in his family’s home.  Officers responded to a home Preakness Avenue home just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, on reports that 27-year-old Thomas M. Pfefferkorn, was expressing suicidal thoughts, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney said. Upon arrival, officers encountered the man’s father, Thomas P. Pfefferkorn, standing outside the home. The younger Pfefferkorn retreated into the home, reap…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd
Update: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's early last week as a Union Township resident. Antwan Whitlock, 35, remained hospitalized Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the Dec. 27 incident in Clifton. He's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and weapons possession and will be brought before a judge for a first appearance as soon as he's physically able. It began when three Clifton officers responded to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson
SWAT Incident: Wayne Man Who Reportedly Threatened To Shoot Police Found In Paterson A frightened caller brought a SWAT team to a Wayne home Wednesday in search of a man who’d assaulted a family member and reportedly threatened to shoot responding police, authorities said. There was no standoff or confrontation after officer spoke outside the Benwell Avenue home with the injured family member, who claimed that 18-year-old Nicholas Perota had taken a female acquaintance hostage in a bedroom shortly before 1:30 p.m., they said. The family member warned police that there were guns and several pit bulls in the home, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Officers from surrounding t…

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by Jerry DeMarco