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Barricaded Man Discharging Firearms Taken Into Custody At Evesham Home (UPDATED) Barricaded Man Discharging Firearms Taken Into Custody At Evesham Home (UPDATED)
Barricaded Man Discharging Firearms Taken Into Custody At Evesham Home (Updated) A man barricaded with firearms and discharging the weapons brought a heavy police presence to a home in Evesham Monday morning, June 17. He was taken into custody by 9 a.m., Evesham police said; Officers were at a home on Brookfield Drive as of 7:30 a.m. and all residents near the home were being sheltered in place. The shelter-in-place had been lifted by 9 a.m. Sections of Kettle Run Road and Hopewell Road were closed to traffic. Police were in contact with the local school districts to alter school bus routes in the area. "Our goal is to resolve this situation safely," Chief Walt Mille…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them
SWAT Team Storms Mahwah Condo, Seizes Barricaded Fair Lawn Man Who Threatened To Shoot Them UPDATE: A SWAT team stormed a Mahwah condo and seized a suicidal man following an hours-long Easter Sunday standoff. Mahwah officers sent to Juniper Way in the Society Hill condominium complex on a welfare check of a suicidal 64-year-old Fair Lawn man Sunday morning found his car parked nearby. They’d requested a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit and were standing near the vehicle when the man emerged on a nearby balcony around 10:30 a.m., witnesses told Daily Voice. “He began yelling at the officers and threatened to shoot them several times,” one said. Then he locked himself inside and p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out SWAT STANDOFF: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out
SWAT Standoff: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out An Emerson police officer backed by a SWAT team and county negotiator talked a barricaded man out of his home. What originally came in as the possibility of weapons in the troubled 27-year-old man's home prompted borough police to summon Bergen County Regional SWAT team members and crisis negotiators just after 5:30 p.m. Monday. Officer Sean Croal got a rapport going with the man, said Police Chief Michael Mazzeo, who was among the other responding officers. Counseled by the negotiator, Croal convinced the troubled resident to come out of his room without incident about three hours later,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lacey PD: 'Shelter In Place' During Armed Standoff Lacey PD: 'Shelter In Place' During Armed Standoff
Lacey PD: 'Shelter In Place' During Armed Standoff Some residents of Lacey Township are being asked to "shelter in place in their homes," while police and the Ocean County Sheriff's Department negotiates with an armed man. Both law enforcement agencies issued an alert about 5 p.m. stating that Beach Boulevard will remain closed to traffic in both directions, between Waikiki and Molokai drives until it's deemed safe by police. An initial, unconfirmed report said that a man was found nude and bloodied in the backyard before barricading" himself from police and that he  is possibly armed with hunting firearms.

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by Jon Craig