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Neighbors Evacuated In 22-Hour Standoff With Armed Man In Essex County: Police Neighbors Evacuated In 22-Hour Standoff With Armed Man In Essex County: Police
Neighbors Evacuated In 22-Hour Standoff With Armed Man In Essex County: Police A 34-year-old barricaded Irvington man was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 5 after a standoff that lasted nearly 24 hours, authorities said. At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, Irvington police responded to the 300 block of Nesbit Terrace on a report of an armed person and encountered Karim Brunson, who proceeded to barricade himself in the home, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Irvington Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers said. Irvington officers secured the area and received assistance from the Sheriff’s Tactical Response Team, Stephen and Bowers said. Trained negotiators …

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by Sam Barron
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SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police
SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police A man armed with a knife barricaded himself at a building in Kearny on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3, authorities said. At 9:27 a.m., a woman contacted the police department and said her life had been threatened by a man with whom she lives with and that he was armed with a knife, authorities said, Kearny police said. Officers removed the woman and her child but the man barricaded himself inside the residence and made statements suggesting he was experiencing a mental health crisis, police said. The Kearny Police Department, Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, Hudson County Prosecutor’s Offi…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Barricades Himself In Paramus Home After Breaking In To Terrorize GF, Four Kids: Police Man Barricades Himself In Paramus Home After Breaking In To Terrorize GF, Four Kids: Police
Man Barricades Himself In Paramus Home After Breaking In To Terrorize GF, Four Kids: Police A 38-year-old man is in custody following an hours long stand-off with police in Paramus overnight, authorities said. Jerry Green of Newark, broke into a Juniper Lane home where his girlfriend and her young children ages 8, 6, 10, and 14 were staying around 1 a.m., Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Armed with a stick, Green began wreaking havoc inside the home, ripping a cable box off the television, Guidetti said. The woman and her children managed to flee the house and called 911. "Upon arrival, officers assessed the situation and treated it as a barricaded subject incident…

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by Cecilia Levine