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STANDOFF-ISH: Barricaded Hackensack Man, 21, Seized By SWAT For Second Time In 6 Weeks STANDOFF-ISH: Barricaded Hackensack Man, 21, Seized By SWAT For Second Time In 6 Weeks
Standoff-ish: Barricaded Hackensack Man, 21, Seized By SWAT For Second Time In 6 Weeks Wasting little time, members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team burst through an apartment door and seized a Hackensack man who'd barricaded himself inside for the second time in six weeks. Fairview police had called their Hackensack colleagues seeking a welfare check at the Newman Street apartment in the Oratam Court development between Atlantic and Sussex streets around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. They'd been there the morning of Jan. 27 and, like before, had to call for tactical officers when the tenant refused…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood Man Busted With Airsoft Pistol Englewood Man Busted With Airsoft Pistol
Englewood Man Busted With Airsoft Pistol An Englewood man was arrested after police said they found him carrying an airsoft pistol at a public housing complex. Officers responding to a noise complaint found Justin Wright, 25, among a large group gathered at the Parkview Terrace complex around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. He was carrying the airsoft gun along with a knife and 22 Oxycontin pills without a prescription, the lieutenant said. Airsoft guns fire light recycled plastic ammunition used for target shooting and various games. Although not lethal, they can cause serious injuries -- especially if someone i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two For One: Lyndhurst Fires Doused At Multi-Family Home, Senior Building Blocks Apart Two For One: Lyndhurst Fires Doused At Multi-Family Home, Senior Building Blocks Apart
Two For One: Lyndhurst Fires Doused At Multi-Family Home, Senior Building Blocks Apart UPDATE: Firefighters doused a pair of Lyndhurst blazes less than two hours and barely a half-mile apart Wednesday morning, one of them in a public housing building filled mostly with seniors. Two minor injuries were reported, said responders who credited a rapid response by police and firefighters who essentially ran from one two-alarm blaze to the next. Police Sgt. Steve Passamano and Officer Nicolette Villani, responding to a 7:51 a.m. call, forced their way into an unoccupied third-floor unit of the five-story Joseph A. Carucci Apartments on Stuyvesant Avenue, Detective Lt. Vincent Aute…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued SWAT STANDOFF: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued
SWAT Standoff: Hackensack Man, 80, Armed With Rifle Subdued UPDATE: An hours-long standoff with an 80-year-old Hackensack man armed with a rifle ended just after midnight Friday when a SWAT team burst into his apartment and took him into custody. In a tragic twist, a fellow building resident who had terminal cancer died during the incident, forcing the Bergen County Medical Examiner to wait to remove the body until the situation was resolved. It began after an out-of-state family member called and said an elderly tenant  at Harry Berkie Gardens had "threatened to shoot anyone who came to his apartment," Capt. Darren DeWitt said. Three city off…

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by Jerry DeMarco