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Troubled Woman Barricaded In Bergenfield Home Troubled Woman Barricaded In Bergenfield Home
Troubled Woman Barricaded In Bergenfield Home A troubled woman barricaded herself for several hours inside a Bergenfield home before she was taken into custody. Area streets remained closed as members of Bergen County SWAT and Regional Crisis Negotiation teams joined borough police at the Maiden Lane home after the standoff began around 12:30 p.m. It continued for more than five hours before the SWAT team forced its way in and seized the woman without further incident. She was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union
SWAT Standoff Ends With Weapons Seized In Union Authorities said they seized several weapons after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Union ended peacefully Monday night. The home on Arnet Avenue off Morris Avenue was evacuated of family members in the standoff, which began around 7:40 p.m. with a report of a man armed with a shotgun barricaded inside, responders said. The Union County Emergency Response Team, which includes SWAT team members and negotiators, joined police, firefighters and EMTs. The incident reportedly ended around 11 p.m. No injuries were immediately reported. Arnet Avenue, off Morris Avenue, in Union.Googlemaps CHE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Overnight Arrest Ends 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff Overnight Arrest Ends 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff
Overnight Arrest Ends 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff A Parsippany man was being held in the Morris County Jail on two outstanding warrants following a nine-hour standoff with local police and the area SWAT team, authorities said. Patrol officers were dispatched to a Smith Road home for a welfare check on Jesus Quintela, 40, around 4 p.m. Tuesday at the request of a family member, Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Andrew Miller said. The family member told officers that Quintela may have a gun -- and that had two outstanding warrants out for his arrest, Miller said. Arriving officers noticed Quintela was inside his house and made multiple at…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff Ends In Early-Morning Arrest UPDATE: 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff Ends In Early-Morning Arrest
Update: 9-Hour Parsippany SWAT Standoff Ends In Early-Morning Arrest A Parsippany man was being held in the Morris County Jail on two active warrants following a nine-hour standoff with local police and the area SWAT team, authorities said. Patrol officers were dispatched to a Smith Road home for a welfare check on Jesus Quintela, 40, around 4 p.m. Tuesday at the request of a family member, Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Andrew Miller said. The family member told officers that Quintela may be in possession of a firearm and had two active warrants out for his arrest, Miller said. Arriving officers noticed Quintela was inside his house and made multiple a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home
SWAT Incident Ends, Barricaded Cliffside Park Man Removed From Home UPDATE: A five-hour standoff with a troubled man who barricaded himself in a Cliffside Park home ended peacefully early Monday evening. The man was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus at 5:25 p.m. after several rounds of tear gas were shot into the home at Glen Road and Aurora Avenue, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. The man’s wife was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a bruise on her head, which brought police -- and, later, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and a negotiator. There was no immediate word on whether or what charges would be filed. Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco