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31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect 31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect
31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect A 42-year-old Newark man was in custody after a 31-hour standoff with police, authorities said Friday. Detectives from the Essex County Narcotics Task Force were executing a warrant at a Clinton Place home around 6 a.m. Thursday when someone in the house fired shots at officers, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Officers took cover, evacuated residents in the other apartments at 34 Clinton Pl., and evacuated the homes in the two adjacent homes. As a result, eight people were relocated. …

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