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Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police
Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police A man has died and a woman is injured after a "domestic dispute" in Scranton on Saturday, June 8, according to city police.  Authorities said they were called to 1612 Pine Street for reports of arguing and gunfire around 10 a.m. A 27-year-old woman was found with "a gunshot wound to the upper extremity" and taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center, police said.  Her wounds were described as non-life-threatening. Police learned an armed man was still inside the home and established a perimeter while trying to call the suspect outside, SPD said. A SWAT team was eventually sent i…

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by Mac Bullock
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Getaway Driver In NY UPS Warehouse Heist Was Philadelphia Man: Police Getaway Driver In NY UPS Warehouse Heist Was Philadelphia Man: Police
Getaway Driver In NY UPS Warehouse Heist Was Philadelphia Man: Police A Philadelphia man acted as the getaway driver in the heist of a New York UPS warehouse in which the security guard barricaded himself inside, bringing an area SWAT team to the scene, authorities said. The incident took place in Nanuet, Rockland County around 4 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 7, Clarkstown Police Det. Norm Peters said. The guard spotted the men inside the warehouse burglarizing the building, and, because the group suspected of the crime was known to carry guns and be violent, Peters said the department called in the CIRT to help clear the building and rescue the security guard. Th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
5-Hour Standoff With 2 Delaware Fugitives Ends With Safe Arrests In Atlantic City, Police Say 5-Hour Standoff With 2 Delaware Fugitives Ends With Safe Arrests In Atlantic City, Police Say
5-Hour Standoff With 2 Delaware Fugitives Ends With Safe Arrests In Atlantic City, Police Say After an hours-long standoff with multiple police agencies and SWAT Team officers on Wednesday, two wanted fugitives from Delaware were arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said.  A man and woman in their 20s were safely taken into custody after refusing to surrender to law enforcement throughout the morning and early afternoon, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a spokesman for the Atlantic City Police Department. At 7:37 a.m., patrol officers were called to the 100-north block of Georgia Avenue to assist U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force members in making a pair of arrests, Fair …

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by Jon Craig