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Westfield Man Indicted After 14-Hour SWAT Standoff: Prosecutors Westfield Man Indicted After 14-Hour SWAT Standoff: Prosecutors
Westfield Man Indicted After 14-Hour SWAT Standoff: Prosecutors A 41-year-old Westfield man has been indicted on 14 counts after a 14-hour standoff with police in July, prosecutors announced  Around 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, police responded to a 9-1-1 call from his residence at The Boulevard for a dispute, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said.  When officers arrived, they were met at the front door by Michael Ward, who was brandishing a large kitchen knife, Daniel said. Ward refused to drop the knife and retreated back into his residence, Daniel said.  The other members soon exited the residence and Ward barricaded himself …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union
SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union Authorities said they seized several weapons after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Union ended peacefully Monday night. The home on Arnet Avenue off Morris Avenue was evacuated of family members in the standoff, which began around 7:40 p.m. with a report of a man armed with a shotgun barricaded inside, responders said. The Union County Emergency Response Team, which includes SWAT team members and negotiators, joined police, firefighters and EMTs. The incident reportedly ended around 11 p.m. No injuries were immediately reported. Arnet Avenue, off Morris Avenue, in Union.Googlemaps CHE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully
Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully A police standoff with an armed and suicidal man barricaded in a Rahway apartment ended peacefully after nearly two hours Tuesday. Authorities responded to an East Cherry Street apartment on reports of a man who was possibly suicidal and armed with a gun around 2:30 p.m., Rahway police said. Officers found the man -- who told police he was armed with a gun and suicidal -- barricaded in his apartment and refusing to come out. Rahway police got into the apartment and were able to speak to the man, who told them he was sad over the loss of his mom. Police persuaded the man to come outsid…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Roselle Park Police Mourn Off-Duty Officer Who Authorities Said Shot Himself Dead In SUV Crash Roselle Park Police Mourn Off-Duty Officer Who Authorities Said Shot Himself Dead In SUV Crash
Roselle Park Police Mourn Off-Duty Officer Who Authorities Said Shot Himself Dead In SUV Crash The Roselle Park Police Department is mourning an officer who authorities said was off duty when he shot and killed himself after his car crashed into a pair of parked vehicles Sunday in Matawan. Edward Nortrup, 39, was behind the wheel of his SUV when it partially rolled over after crashing near a two-story home on Broad Street across from the borough's municipal center, trapping him, around noon, authorities said Monday. He was alive as first responders left his car to get equipment for extraction, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Chris Swendeman said …

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by Cecilia Levine