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Police & Fire
2 Flown In Carteret Shooting
Two people were flown to the hospital after being shot in Carteret Wednesday morning, June 12, officials said. The incident happened outside of a Roosevelt Avenue home around 9 a.m., Mayor Dan Reiman said. UPDATE: 2 Females Shot, 1 Dead In Carteret; Suspect Sought, Police Say Carteret Police, mutual aid and other emergency services were on scene as of press time. Out of an abundance of caution, Minue School located a half-mile away from the incident was locked down, Reiman noted. Further Updates will be provided by the CPD and Middlesex County Prosecutors office as they b…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Suspect Arrested In Double-Homicide In Barnegat: Prosecutor
A suspect has been arrested in a double homicide that placed Barnegat Township schools on lockdown Thursday, Nov. 2, authorities said. UPDATE: Michael Mulgrew, 34, has been charged with two counts of murder in the fatal stabbings of both of his parents. The incident placed nearby schools on lockdown. Schools were placed on a precautionary shelter in place due to a subject search being conducted in the area, local police said. The subject was eventually located following police activity at Lincoln Avenue and Bengal Boulevard, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and …
Police & Fire
Barnegat, Stafford Schools Locked Down Lifted, Arrest Made In Double Homicide
Lockdowns were lifted at schools in Barnegat and Stafford townships following an arrest made in a double homicide, authorities said. UPDATE: Michael Mulgrew has been charged with killing both of his parents, who were found dead in the home prompting a lockdown of nearby schools on Thursday, Nov. 2. It wasn't clear when exactly the double killing took place, as the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said only that a suspect was in custody in connection with a double homicide on Lincoln Avenue in Barnegat Township. Lincoln Avenue is located three blocks from Barnegat High School. Barnega…
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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…
Schools
Reports Of Armed Man Bring Lockdown, Shelter-In-Place Orders To Hamilton Schools: Police
Reports of an armed man brought lockdown and shelter-in-place orders to two Hamilton schools Wednesday morning, police said. Hamilton Police responded to Nottingham High School on Klockner Avenue after receiving reports of a male with a weapon walking toward the building shortly before 8:25 a.m. The high school was put under a lockdown while Crockett Middle School was put under a shelter-in-place order, police said. Follow-up investigations determined that the reports were unfounded and the threats were not credible. Both schools were released from their security orders a short time late…
Police & Fire
Fatal Shooting Suspect Surrenders In SWAT Standoff, School Locked Down
A man was shot dead during a police standoff in Burlington County, authorities said. Acting Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Beverly City Public Safety Director Rich Wolbert announced that the shooting took place Tuesday, June 14 inside a Beverly City residence. A suspect is in custody. The shooting, which was reported to police at approximately 1:15 a.m., precipitated a standoff with law enforcement officers that lasted several hours. A woman and four children were released unharmed. After negotiations with a SWAT team, the suspect surrendered just after 8:30 a.m., th…
Police & Fire
Asbury Park Man Arrested After Mom Tips Police Off About School Shooting Threats
A 32-year-old man from Asbury Park was arrested when his mother tipped police that he planned to shoot up a school, authorities said. William Bailey was found in the city’s municipal parking lot at about 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, Asbury Park police said. In the meantime, schools in Asbury Park had locked down. Bailey had sent his mother a message saying he wanted to "shoot up a school like in Texas” — referencing last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde in which an 18-year-old man killed 19 students and two teachers. Bailey, who had a warrant for his arrest in Plainfield, was charged wit…
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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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False
ALARM: Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down Waldwick 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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ALARM: Report Of Gunman On Loose In New Milford 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…
News
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…
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Shootings, School Lockdowns End With Fighter's Arrest
A shooting in Atlantic City Thursday that prompted lockdowns of schools resulted in one man's arrest, authorities said. Patrol officers responded to the 300 block of North Carolina Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert at 12:35 p.m., according to Atlantic City police. Arriving patrol officers found Edmund Williams, 47, of Atlantic City, suffering from a gunshot wound a block away on Pennsylvania Avenue. A second victim, 49, also from Atlantic City, was driven to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division. Williams also was taken to the medical center. Both men sustained non-li…
Schools
Covid-
19 Prompts 'Lockdown' At Central Jersey High School
A positive case of coronavirus prompted a lockdown at a high school in Monmouth County, officials said. A student at Holmdel High School tested positive for COVID-19, according to Principal Brian Schillachi. Earlier Thursday, parents told Daily Voice and announced on a Facebook site, that a "shelter-in-place" was issued at the high school. According to an email from the high school principal, district officials placed the lockdown mode into effect to control the movement of students while the few students who were in contact with the student who tested positive were moved to qu…
Police & Fire
School Lockdown In Morganville
A school in Monmouth County was locked down Thursday afternoon, according to reports. Marlboro Township police confirmed they were called to CPC High Point School in Morganville at 3 p.m. for an unknown incident, but could not report any other details. Circumstances prompting the lockdown were unknown. Initial unconfirmed reports said the call appears to be a false alarm but that, as a precaution, police were clearing the school at 1 High Point Center Way in Morganville.
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