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South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police
South Brunswick High School Locked Down: Police South Brunswick High School was locked down early Wednesday, Jan. 31 because of an unspecified incident, authorities said. At 8:30 a.m., the South Brunswick School Resource Officer and high school administration placed the school on lockdown, South Brunswick police said. The staff and officer were investigating information they had received minutes earlier. Additional officers arrived at the school and by 8:34 a.m., the student in question was located, police said. At 8:37 a.m. the school lockdown was lifted and normal school operations resumed. Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said, "I know…

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by Jon Craig
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Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police
Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police A student at Union Catholic High School was arrested after they brought a handgun to school on Monday, Jan. 22, authorities said. At 10:45 a.m., Scotch Plains police was alerted by the high school about a firearm being recovered, Jeffrey Briel, the chief of police, said. The school was immediately placed on lockdown as police recovered the weapon, Briel said. There was no threat or harm to the school, students or personnel, Briel said. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district as well as schools nearby were also placed in a temporary lockdown out of an abundance of caution, Briel said.…

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by Sam Barron
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Threat Briefly Locks Down Bayonne High School Threat Briefly Locks Down Bayonne High School
Threat Briefly Locks Down Bayonne High School A Hudson County high school had resumed normal operations as of 11:30 a.m., after a threat placed it briefly in lockdown. Bayonne High School received a "non-credible safety threat" on Monday, April 3, and went into lockdown "out of an abundance of caution," the Bayonne School District wrote on its Facebook page.  Bayonne Police Department was assisting Bayonne Security with the investigation, the district said. 

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by Sam Barron
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Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police
Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police Saddle Brook Middle/High School was temporarily sheltered in place on Monday after four men reportedly tried to rob someone who thought he was making an online sale, authorities said. "Two men approached the victim on foot while two more were in a car nearby" in the center of town around 2 p.m. March 13, said Capt. John Zotollo, the officer in charge of the department. The victim got in his car and locked the doors as they approached, the captain said. "One of the men allegedly brandished a firearm at the victim as he attempted to break the car window," he said. He escaped without injury …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police
Fighting Parents With Taser, Handgun Lock Down Jersey City Schools: Police A trio of fighting parents including one who deployed a Taser and another who had a handgun caused two Jersey City schools to go into lockdown early Monday, Feb. 13, authorities said. School No. 3 and Middle School No. 4 on Bright Street went into lockdown around 8:30 a.m., when one woman deployed the Taser, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace Scalcione said. The male parent, who showed a handgun, was gone upon police arrival but later arrested in Hoboken on charges of causing or risking widespread injury or damage; aggravated assault; unlawful weapon possession; possession of a weapon; …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15
Paterson School Shooting Threats: Loaded Guns Found On Three Teens, One Of Them 15 A trio of teens were all found armed with loaded guns after a brawl broke out at JFK High School in Paterson and two juveniles threatened to shoot up the place, authorities said. Officers stationed at the school separated the students and found one of them, a 17-year-old, carrying a handgun, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro announced Sunday, Dec. 18. A 14-year-old involved in the Friday morning hallway brawl was seized after he was “overheard by responding officers threatening to commit a shooting in the school,” they said in a prepar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shooting Places Newark School On Lockdown Shooting Places Newark School On Lockdown
Shooting Places Newark School On Lockdown A report of shots fired placed a Newark school on lockdown Friday, Nov. 4, authorities said. The call came in just before 3 p.m., near the Louise A. Spencer Elementary school on the 100 block of Muhammad Ali Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. No victims were located and no injuries have been reported. The incident remains under investigation. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Active Shooter Reports Prompt Lockdown At Sussex County High School, Police Say Active Shooter Reports Prompt Lockdown At Sussex County High School, Police Say
Active Shooter Reports Prompt Lockdown At Sussex County High School, Police Say Reports of an active shooter prompted a lockdown and a swift police response at a Sussex County high school in the morning on Friday, Oct. 14, authorities said. The Hardyston Township Police Department responded to Wallkill Valley Regional High School after receiving several 911 calls of a potential active shooter situation around 9:30 a.m., the department said. Officers arrived, performed a search of the area, and confirmed that the threat was not credible. The school was released from the lockdown. No one was hurt during the investigation, police said. **********Press Release******…

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by Valerie Musson
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Large Fight, Shooting Puts Hillside School On Lockdown: Police Large Fight, Shooting Puts Hillside School On Lockdown: Police
Large Fight, Shooting Puts Hillside School On Lockdown: Police Three people were arrested after a large fight and shooting that placed Hillside High School on lockdown — after students were dismissed — until 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, authorities said. Police were called to the incident at Liberty Ave and Ryan Street around 3 p.m., Chief Vincent Ricciardi said. Due to the proximity of the incident to the school, and that students were still inside, a school lockdown was ordered. A shell casing and other evidence were recovered, along with a gun around 5 p.m., when the lockdown was lifted. The shooter was identified as a 17-year-old boy fr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Mom Charged After Threatening To 'Shoot Up' Elementary School In Union Township: Police Mom Charged After Threatening To 'Shoot Up' Elementary School In Union Township: Police
Mom Charged After Threatening To 'Shoot Up' Elementary School In Union Township: Police A woman has been charged with making a terroristic threat after allegedly threatening to "shoot up" an elementary school in Union Township. Officers were called to Jefferson Elementary School on Hilton Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, after a principal told them that a student's parent became upset with her and threatened to "shoot the whole place up," local police said. In response, police put the school on lockdown, stationed officers outside the school, and waited at the mom's house in an attempt to find her, they said.  Officers approached the unidentified woman and a…

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by Nicole Acosta
Schools
Off-Duty Officer Accidentally Flashing Gun Brings 'Full Scale' Police Response To NJ School Off-Duty Officer Accidentally Flashing Gun Brings 'Full Scale' Police Response To NJ School
Off-Duty Officer Accidentally Flashing Gun Brings 'Full Scale' Police Response To NJ School An armed individual that prompted the lockdown of a school in Morris County turned out to be an off-duty officer who accidentally exposed her weapon, authorities said. An alert parent contacted officers after seeing the armed civilian outside Northvail Elementary School on Wednesday, June 1, Parsippany Police said. The call prompted an immediate and “full-scale” police response from the department, authorities said. The investigation found that the person was an off-duty officer from another jurisdiction who had accidentally exposed her concealed handgun as she was getting out of her vehic…

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by Valerie Musson
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SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number SWATTING: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number
Swatting: Tactical Units, Hackensack Police Respond To Another Bogus Call From Same Number Yet another in a series of bogus "emergency" calls brought a SWAT team and other responders to a Hackensack home while forcing yet another high school lockdown early Tuesday afternoon. The May  3 "swatter" used the same bogus local phone number that was connected to a series of threats to Hackensack High School in March, city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Students, staff and particularly parents and law enforcers had grown irritated by the recent string of calls, including one in which a threat was made to shoot up the school. This time, members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Unfounded Bomb Threat Locks Down Union County Vocational School: Officials Unfounded Bomb Threat Locks Down Union County Vocational School: Officials
Unfounded Bomb Threat Locks Down Union County Vocational School: Officials A North Jersey high school was put on lockdown Tuesday, April 12 amid a bomb threat, officials confirmed. No threats or devices were found during a search of the Union County Vocational Technical School on Raritan Road in Scotch Plains around 11 a.m., a county spokesperson said. The person responsible for making the threat on social media was later identified by police and subsequently interviewed, officials said. The lockdown was eventually lifted.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police
Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police A 35-year-old Morris County man assaulted and robbed another driver who he'd been involved in a car crash with, and then shot at him after being followed into Newark, authorities said. Kevin M. Winston, 35, of Parsippany, and then victim had gotten into a collision in Jersey City, when Winston robbed and assaulted the victim on Tuesday, Feb. 22, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O'Hara said. The victim followed Winstson into Newark, where Winston opened fire on his car around 2 p.m. at Montgomery and Somerset streets, police said. This incident occurred just outside of American Histor…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Middle School Goes Into Modified Lockdown Following Social Media Threat NJ Middle School Goes Into Modified Lockdown Following Social Media Threat
NJ Middle School Goes Into Modified Lockdown Following Social Media Threat UPDATE: A modified lockdown of nearly three hours was lifted at the Ramapo Ridge Middle School in Mahwah after authorities identified the young source of what they called an unfounded social media threat. Parents began communicating with their children and asking questions as police converged on the Ridge Road school late Thursday morning, Feb. 10. Schools Supt. Michael DeTuro reassured them that students and staff remained safe while administrators and police worked to trace the source of the "Internet/social media posting," which sources said was on TikTok. Students reported being held i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team
Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team This was not the day for a school lockdown alarm to malfunction. Police and school officials in Waldwick said that's what sent the school into emergency mode Friday afternoon, bringing the Bergen County Regional SWAT team and mutual aid support from neighboring towns -- while frightening some students, staff and especially parents. "The system malfunction at 3:02 p.m., right after school let out," Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. "Officers from surrounding towns along with the swat team helped in securing the building till the malfunction was confirmed."   Police eventually gave t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident
Standoff: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident UPDATE: A man and woman were taken to separate hospitals following a domestic incident and brief standoff that sent two Nutley schools into lockdown on Wednesday. Officers in police vests and carrying rifles converged on the Humbert Street home off Park Avenue shortly after 9 a.m., a witness told Daily Voice. Eastwick College and Washington Elementary School were subsequently placed on lockdown and area traffic diverted. The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries while negotiators talked with the suspect, eventually convincing him to come out peacefully, Nutley Police Director Alpho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FALSE ALARM: Report Of Gunman On Loose In Near NJ School Unfounded FALSE ALARM: Report Of Gunman On Loose In Near NJ School Unfounded
False ALARM: Report Of Gunman On Loose In Near NJ School Unfounded A report of a gunman in camo pants and a hoodie on the loose in New Milford -- which triggered a lockdown of all borough schools Thursday morning -- thankfully was proven unfounded, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. "It was a hunter walking to his car," Clancy said. "He is hunting out of state, not in New Milford. There is absolutely no threat." Borough schools were placed on lockdown and then sheltered in place as police investigated what turned out to be a rumor that a man carrying an assault rifle -- and possibly two -- was seen on Hoffman Avenue near the Berkeley Street Elementa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elmwood Park Middle School Locked Down, Searched After Gun Report Elmwood Park Middle School Locked Down, Searched After Gun Report
Elmwood Park Middle School Locked Down, Searched After Gun Report UPDATE: Elmwood Park Middle School was locked down, a SWAT team and K-9 unit were brought in and backpacks were searched by police Thursday after four students reported hearing another say that he was carrying a gun. Each of the four was interviewed separately and "told the exact same story without wavering," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "They couldn't identify the student visually because it apparently happened between classes," Foligno said. "That's when the hallways are full of kids. "All they could say was that the student had a black backpack and said he had a gun in it. They ea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson High School Lockdown Ends Quietly Following Report Of Gunman Seeking Revenge Paterson High School Lockdown Ends Quietly Following Report Of Gunman Seeking Revenge
Paterson High School Lockdown Ends Quietly Following Report Of Gunman Seeking Revenge UPDATE: The words "active shooter" terrified some parents of students at a Paterson high school -- when, in fact, it was the term used by authorities to describe the law enforcement response to a report Wednesday that an assault victim had gone there with a gun. City Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said no one with a gun showed up at John F. Kennedy High School, which was temporarily locked down before city police and Passaic County tactical units arrived. They established a perimeter as part of an "active shooter" response and began searching the school and surrounding area whil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Warren County Middle School Enters Lockdown As 'Agitated' Student With Weapon Flees Premises Warren County Middle School Enters Lockdown As 'Agitated' Student With Weapon Flees Premises
Warren County Middle School Enters Lockdown As 'Agitated' Student With Weapon Flees Premises A Warren County middle school was placed under lockdown Tuesday morning after a student was found with a weapon and fled the building, authorities said. Administrators at the Washington Township Middle School received a report of an agitated and potentially armed student riding the bus around 7:25 a.m., police Chief Thomas Cicerele said in a release alongside Warren Hills Regional School District Superintendent Earl C. Clymer, III. The school was immediately placed under lockdown after a staff member confronted the student, who then fled the building, authorities said. Washington Township …

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: Parsippany Student Injured Trying To Climb Out Window During Lockdown Police: Parsippany Student Injured Trying To Climb Out Window During Lockdown
Police: Parsippany Student Injured Trying To Climb Out Window During Lockdown A Parsippany Hills High School cut himself while trying to climb out a first floor window during a Friday morning lockdown, authorities said. The student was treated for the minor injury by EMTs and during the lockdown, which had ended as of 9:55 a.m., Parsippany police said. The lockdown was in response to a perceived threat at Parsippany Hills High School, the BOE said.  "The situation has been secured and Parsippany Police are handling the matter," the statement says. The PHHS lockdown is separate from the Morris County School of Technology lockdown, which students on Snapchat sai…

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by Cecilia Levine