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Mugshot Released Of Murder Suspect In Shooting That Rattled NJ Town
The mugshot of a 34-year-old murder suspect arrested in a New Jersey shooting that rattled a small town has been released. Anthony Garvin, of Netcong, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm and lodged in the Berks County Jail in Leesport, PA, a spokesperson for the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said following the Thursday, June 28 incident. Garvin is believed responsible for the shooting at an Alphano Road home around 9:40 a.m. in Independence Township, Acting Prosecutor Anthony Picione said. A shelter in place was ordered for the neighborhood amidst a manhunt for Ga…
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Hours-Long Manhunt For NJ Shooting Suspect Ends In PA Arrest, Police Say
A shelter in place for a New Jersey town has been lifted after the manhunt for a shooting suspect led to his arrest in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning, June 27, police said. Around 9:40 a.m., Independence Township and New Jersey State Police responded to a home on Alphano Road for a shooting, prompting a shelter-in-place for the neighborhood, the county prosecutor's office said. The suspect, who was not identified, was captured in Pennsylvania, and the shelter-in-place order was lifted around 11:30 a.m., local police said. Police did not say where in Pennsylvania the suspect was arre…
Police & Fire
Schools Shelter In Place During Florham Park Perp Search: Police
A search for a burglar in Florham Park caused two elementary schools to shelter in place on Monday, June 10, authorities said. At 11:30 a.m., officers responded to a report of an attempted burglary at an occupied home on Lincoln Avenue, police said. The suspect fled on foot toward Briarwood Road, police said. Police set up a perimeter and Briarwood and Brooklake schools were put into lockdown due to the proximity of the crime to the school and the suspect being on foot, police said. Despite an extensive search by Florham Park police and other law enforcement agencies, the suspect was not fo…
Police & Fire
Shotgun-Wielding PA Man Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said. Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said. Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…
Police & Fire
Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police
UPDATE: FDU's Teaneck Campus briefly went into a shelter-in-place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU secur…
Schools
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (
Update
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FDU's Metro Campus briefly went into a shelter in place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU security immedi…
Police & Fire
2 Schools Under Shelter-In-Place As Mercedes Flees From Police, Crashes In Sparta (
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Two private schools were put under shelter-in-place orders after a high-speed Mercedes chase and crash in Sparta early on Tuesday, August 29, police said. Sparta Police were patrolling near Demarest Road when they attempted to stop a speeding black Mercedes Benz, they said. The vehicle sped off and was located after crashing near Tech Flex. The occupants had fled on foot and were arrested shortly after. Two private schools in the area were put into a shelter-in-place order “out of an abundance of caution,” police said, adding that residents should avoid the area as the investigation contin…
Schools
Curling Iron Mistaken As 'Weapon' Sends Monmouth University Into Panicked Frenzy
The "weapon" that put Monmouth University into a shelter in place and alarming students across campus overnight has been identified as a curling iron, officials said. The hair tool was initially reported as a possible armed suspect with shots fired, prompting the lockdown at the West Long Branch school around 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, university officials and law enforcement said. More than four hours later, law enforcement and university officials found the "suspect" was carrying a curling iron. "Detectives were able to utilize video footage and other technology based on the desc…
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Bergen Tech Building Briefly Sheltered After Trespasser Enters Adult School In Hackensack
A trespasser brought city police and Bergen County sheriff's officers to an adult school in Hackensack while prompting a shelter-in-place at the high school next door. A man wearing a hoodie who apparently is an ex-student showed up at the Bergen County Technical Schools Adult and Continuing Education building in the middle of the morning on Monday, Oct. 3, responders said. After parking at the Boston Market, he walked inside the school and was spotted by someone who notified authorities. A half-dozen or so units responded and the Bergen County Technical High School next door was briefly s…
Police & Fire
Boy, 15, Accused Of Social Media Threat Against Passaic Prep, Academy For Science, Engineering
A 15-year-old student at School No. 10 in Passaic was detained Friday on a delinquency complaint accusing him of making a social media threat against a local high school. The unspecified threat, referencing an act that would be carried out on Friday at the Passaic Preparatory Academy and Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering, was discovered Thursday afternoon. A similar threat was discovered just after 8:30 a.m. Friday, sending the facility into a shelter-in-place while authorities investigated, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman s…
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