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HERO: NJSP Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year HERO: NJSP Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year
Hero: Njsp Detective Sergeant Who Tracked Down Fugitive Florida Murderer Named Trooper Of Year A multi-state manhunt for an armed fugitive wanted for brutally murdering his 67-year-old female neighbor in Florida ended in New Jersey thanks in large part to NJ State Police Detective Sgt. Michael Savnik. Savnik tracked down Esteban De Jesus Jr., who was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals in Jersey City this past summer, NJSP Col. Patrick J. Callahan said in presenting the sergeant with the agency’s prestigious 2023 "Trooper of the Year" Award. The highest honor bestowed by the NJSP to its members, the "Trooper of the Year" award is a gold-framed red ribbon that recipients wear on their Cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom
SWAT Team Called To Somerset County Home After Armed Man Barricades Himself In Bathroom A standoff between the local SWAT team and an armed man in a Somerset County home that lasted several hours eventually had what authorities described as a “peaceful resolution.” The Bernards Township Police Department responded alongside the Somerset County SWAT team and the Crisis Negotiators Team to a report of an “emotionally disturbed” resident with a loaded gun at a home on Goltra Drive around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. A crisis negotiator started speaking with the barricaded man, who exited the bathroom with a handgun several times.…

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by Valerie Musson
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SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At NJ/NY Border Surrenders SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At NJ/NY Border Surrenders
SWAT Standoff: Man Barricaded In Hotel At NJ/NY 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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3-HOUR STANDOFF: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks 3-HOUR STANDOFF: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks
3-hour Standoff: Would-Be Jumper Rescued From Bridge Over NJ RR Tracks HEROES: Crisis negotiators got a troubled woman to safety after she threatened to jump onto the CSX railroad tracks from an overpass in Teaneck. Traffic and pedestrian traffic was stopped over the Grayson Place Bridge near Palisade Avenue after the woman was spotted outside the protective fence around 7:15 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The woman apparently was waiting for a train before jumping, one responder said. Township police alerted a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, which sent a crisis negotiation unit.  Train traffic was also halted as negotiators spoke with her. The standoff end…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident
SWAT Standoff: Barricaded River Edge Man Surrenders Without Incident UPDATE: A troubled River Edge man remained barricaded for several hours before finally surrendering peacefully Sunday during what became the second call of the day for the Bergen County Regional SWAT team. The man's mother had summoned police to their East Midland Avenue home near Cedar Avenue Sunday morning on a welfare check, saying that he'd been "acting irrationally," a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. The father of three refused to talk with police, however. Not knowing whether or not he was a danger to himself or others, police summoned the SWAT team, along with the county Re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWAT STANDOFF: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor SWAT STANDOFF: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor
SWAT Standoff: Somerset County Gunman Complies After Firing Shots At Visitor A 4-hour standoff ended Tuesday morning with a Somerset County homeowner in custody after he fired shots at a visitor, authorities said. The victim was visiting the apparent gunman at his Elm Drive home in Montgomery Township around 5:30 a.m. in an attempt to collect a debt from him, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Montgomery Township Captain/Director James Gill.  When the homeowner, who is known to the victim, answered the front door, he got out of the house and fired a single shot from a handgu…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home 6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home
6-Hour SWAT Standoff: Teen Intruder Barricades Himself In Jamesburg Home A six-hour SWAT stand-off ended peacefully in Jamesburg after a teenage boy who threatened to commit a series of violent crimes and kill entered a local house and refused to leave Thursday, authorities said. Residents of a Pergola Avenue home called police after the unidentified boy, 15, came in and refused to leave around 11:20 a.m., Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Chief James J. Craparotta of the Jamesburg Police Department said. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Operations Response Team (SORT) was called to the scene after the boy…

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by Jon Craig