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SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives
SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives A potential tragedy was averted after two Elmwood Park police officers came face-to-face Saturday with an agitated ex-con threatening them with a pair of knives, authorities said. "Get the f*** out of my house!" Brian Rodriguez, 33, shouted as he descended the stairs toward them inside his mother's Obal Avenue home, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Coolly and calmly, the officers backed out, Foligno said. A 6½-hour standoff followed, with negotiators trying to talk Rodriguez out, before a SWAT team stormed the house and seized him without incident. Rodriguez was alone upstairs when of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Taco Bell Customer Flashes Taser During Face Mask Dispute Jersey City Taco Bell Customer Flashes Taser During Face Mask Dispute
Jersey City Taco Bell Customer Flashes Taser During Face Mask Dispute A Jersey City Taco Bell customer threatened employees with a taser after she was refused service for not wearing a face mask, authorities said. The woman, whose identity was not made public, began “exhibiting aggressive behavior” and threatened to use a taser on the employees at Taco Bell on JFK Blvd. when she was refused service Monday around 11:30 p.m., Jersey City Police Spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. The woman then left the restaurant, authorities said. No injuries were reported during the incident, which remains under investigation, Wallace-Scalcione said.

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by Valerie Musson