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What Irvin Sams, 37, was irritated over wasn’t immediately clear.
Officers had been looking for him after a citizen reported being stopped by a driver who asked for directions to the nearest hospital while a back-seat passenger held a knife to his throat shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, Capt. Edward Young said.
The passenger shouted at the driver at that point and they sped off, the citizen told police.
Officers were searching for the vehicle when a call came in from the security office at the Horizon House, Young said.
They scoured the area and seized Sams, who they said had threatened a building employee with a knife.
No serious injuries were reported.
Sams was charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, burglary and illegal weapons possession. He was then sent to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center for a psychological evaluation and remained there on Wednesday.
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