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TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say
Tense Standoff: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say A violent ex-con pulled down his pants and insisted that police shoot him in a tense confrontation that began with him choking a woman and ended with officers tasing him at a Lyndhurst hotel, authorities said. Lyndhurst Police Sgt. Paul Haggerty and Officer Steven Batista responded to a 911 call just after 12:30 a.m. Monday at the Quality Inn on Polito Avenue, where a 42-year-old Belleville woman told them that Anthony Pate had attacked her, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The woman, who had neck bruises, warned them that he was drunk, Auteri said. Pate, 43, of Belleville already had a…