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Tense Standoff: Machete-Wielding Man Captured By Englewood Police
A tense standoff ended with Englewood police disarming an irate, drunken man who repeatedly refused to drop a machete, authorities said.
ICE agents took custody of Salvadoran national Carlos Sanchez Rivera, 26, almost immediately after he was booked into the Bergen County Jail, records show.
Rivera was drunk when a security guard denied him entry to Vida Garden, a restaurant and lounge on Armor Street, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said.
There had been issues with Rivera before, management told police.
This time, Pulice said, Rivera returned with a machete and threat…
