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Daniel Moncion-Ortega, 21, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, March 28, following the alleged assault the night before.
A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned to a home off South Washington Avenue around 9:30 p.m., responders said. Local EMS members were put on standby.
Moncion-Ortega wasn't there, though.
A short time later, Moncion-Ortega was seized by the tactical team and borough police in front of the former Tutti Nail & Spa in the Closter Plaza, barely a 15-minute ride from the initial location.
Moncion-Ortega, who investigators said works at the Chipotle in the Closter Plaza, was previously charged with aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim in Englewood on Sept. 20, 2021, records show.
A judge released him four days later pending further court action.
Moncion-Ortega is back in the county lockup awaiting another appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, this time on charges of simple assault, criminal mischief and violating a restraining order.
Area citizens have been particularly sensitized to domestic violence recently. A Leonia woman was stabbed to death in her garden apartment this weekend by a Lodi man from whom she'd sought protection, authorities said.
SEE: Ex-BF Who Killed Leonia Woman Ignored Final Protection Order After 'Multiple' Assaults
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