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'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man 'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man
'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man A Teaneck police sergeant confronted by a disturbed man on a Bergenfield street was surprised when the stranger pulled out a large knife. "Kill me! Shoot!" the Portuguese native shouted in broken English to Sgt. Ronald Boswell and backup officers from both towns who rushed to the scene, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. The tense noontime drama played out on New Bridge Road, across from Veterans Memorial Park in Bergenfield, beginning shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. The unidentified man had walked in front of Boswell's car, so the sergeant stopped and got out, O'Reilly said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff SWAT STANDOFF: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff
SWAT Standoff: Disturbed Barricaded Subject Emerges Without Incident In Wyckoff A troubled resident who remained barricaded in a Wyckoff home for nearly an hour and a half Sunday eventually walked out unharmed, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned and ramps on and off Route 208 were temporarily closed during the Grandview Avenue incident near St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. It began with a 911 call for "an emotionally disturbed person with a knife inside the home" around 1:45 p.m., Police Chief David Murphy said. "The person involved ultimately walked out unharmed and was transported" by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to a local…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Hackensack Police Subdue Distraught Man Wielding Kitchen Knife HEROES: Hackensack Police Subdue Distraught Man Wielding Kitchen Knife
Heroes: Hackensack Police Subdue Distraught Man Wielding Kitchen Knife A crying and shaking Hackensack man who’d already cut himself several times refused to drop a bloody kitchen knife when a trio of city officers found him. Sgt. Michael Capone and Officers Mark Carrillo and Stanislav Tovbin found the man “visibly distraught” after a 911 call brought them to a Lodi Street home Wednesday morning, Detective Capt. Darren DeWitt said. He'd already cut his neck several time when the officers repeatedly asked him to put down the knife, the captain said. He refused. “With disregard for their own safety and with concern that [he] would hurt himself further, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Teaneck Man Attacks, Injures 3 Bergenfield Officers After Fleeing Hospital Authorities: Teaneck Man Attacks, Injures 3 Bergenfield Officers After Fleeing Hospital
Authorities: Teaneck Man Attacks, Injures 3 Bergenfield Officers After Fleeing Hospital Three Bergenfield police officers had to be treated for various injuries following an unprovoked attack by a Teaneck man who’d become the subject of a search after he walked out of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, authorities said. Officer Shane Churaman, hearing an alert shortly after midnight, stopped a sedan with Pennsylvania license plates being driven by 26-year-old Patrick S. Chakauya Jr. in the area of South Washington Avenue and Carnation Street. A search for Chakauya involved several area towns and a New Jersey State Police helicopter. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Cor…

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by Jerry DeMarco