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Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police
A 59-year-old man was shot dead by state police during an hours-long armed standoff in the Poconos, authorities said. Keith Carroll was shot and killed by troopers after he walked out of his Jackson Township home armed with a handgun Thursday, June 23, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called to the home on High Point Drive around 8 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from Carroll's wife, who said her husband is depressed and had locked himself in a bedroom, police said. He was armed with a pistol, she claimed, and was threatening to kill himself and shoot at the police. When…
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: Lyndhurst Man Who Fired Flamethrower At SWAT Team Charged With Attempted Murder
A Lyndhurst man was charged with two counts of attempted murder for firing a flamethrower at SWAT team members during a 21-hour standoff. Robert C. Condit, 51, was also charged with nine counts of possession of prohibited weapons and ammunition, aggravated assault, violating a court order, obstruction of the law and unlawful use of a body vest, among other counts, criminal records in Superior Court in Hackensack show. Condit, who reportedly was angered after a judge ordered him to surrender his weapons, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, May 5, after an exhaustive standof…
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: Lyndhurst Resident Who Turned Flamethrower On SWAT Team Surrenders
UPDATE: A Lyndhurst man was charged with two counts of attempted murder for firing a flamethrower at SWAT team members during a 21-hour standoff. Robert C. Condit, 51, was also charged with nine counts of possession of prohibited weapons and ammunition, aggravated assault, violating a court order, obstruction of the law and unlawful use of a body vest, among other counts, criminal records in Superior Court in Hackensack show. Condit, who reportedly was angered after a judge ordered him to surrender his weapons, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, May 5, after an exhaustive …
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4-Hour Standoff Ends In Philly Area Man's Suicide, Police Say
A welfare check turned standoff in the Philadelphia suburbs ended in tragedy on Tuesday, April 19, authorities said. An unidentified man died by suicide outside a home on Brandamore Road in Honey Brook around 8 p.m., West Brandywine police said. The victim was believed to be "suicidal" and "threatening harm," so police from West Brandywine, Honey Brook, and West Caln arrived around 4 p.m. to check on him, they said. Officers arrived to find the unnamed man on a back deck with a shotgun aimed at himself, but he was unable to safely get down, police said. Police responded by initiating a "r…
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Man In Custody After Police Standoff In Exton Ends Peacefully
UPDATE: West Whiteland police safely arrested the suspect just before 11:30 p.m., they said on Facebook. ***Original story below*** A barricaded subject situation brought a police response to a townhouse complex in Exton Monday afternoon, authorities said. The man was being uncooperative with police, who arrived at the home on the unit block of Buttonwood Drive around 4:30 p.m., West Whiteland Township police said. As of 7:15 p.m., police were still on the scene, attempting to end the standoff in a "non-violent manner," authorities said. Police are urging residents to stay put until fur…
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Suspect Shoots Detective, Dies In Exchange Of Gunfire After Nine-Hour Jersey Shore Standoff
UPDATE: An out-of-state man who shot and wounded a detective trying to serve a warrant and then remained holed up for nearly nine hours in a Long Branch apartment was gunned down when he came out firing, authorities said. The wounded Monmouth County prosecutor's detective was working a homicide investigation with colleagues when they went to 274 Chelsea Avenue with the warrant Friday afternoon, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The man, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, moved into a room of the apartment and then fired as they followed him, hitting the de…
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Man Engaged In Harrisburg Standoff Appears To Stream It All Live On Facebook
A man in Harrisburg involved in a standoff appears to be streaming the whole event in a series of Facebook Live videos (scroll for footage). The standoff at home near the corner of Briggs & North 15th streets began around 6:30 a.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. Daily Voice could not immediately confirm if the videos truly were the man involved in the standoff. A series of Facebook live posts began being posted by a user "Mike Malice" around 8 a.m. This is a developing story, follow Daily Voice for updates.
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Bucks Man Who Shot Yardley Police Chief Ordered To Face Trial
The 24-year-old man who shot the Yardley Borough police chief earlier this month in Bucks County was ordered to face trial on attempted murder and related charges, authorities said Tuesday. Colin F. Petroziello opened fire on Chief Joe Kelly with a shotgun as he was assisting a probation officer on an offender check at a Yardley Commons apartment around 11 a.m. on Aug. 18, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Chief Kelly suffered injuries to his ear and hand and has since been released from the hospital. Chief Joseph Kelly being released from the hospital.Nicole Ac…
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: Pickup Driver With Alleged Bomb In Custody, Identified
IN CUSTODY: A man who held police at bay outside the Library of Congress for nearly five hours on Thursday told President Biden in a livestream from the scene that he had enough explosives in his pickup to blow up 2½ city blocks and was "ready to die for a cause," while claiming there were other bombs planted in the nation's capital. Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina "was just taken into custody moments ago," Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters at 2:30 p.m. "He's been moved away from the scene." Manger then left without answering questions. Roseberry livestreamed on Faceb…
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PD: SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Berks County Man Who Allegedly Threatened Wife With Gun
A 36-year-old man was in custody Friday morning after a nearly 5-hour standoff with police in Berks County that began Thursday night, authorities said. Sean M. Butler Jr. had allegedly assaulted and threatened his wife with a firearm inside a home on the 2200 block of Spring Street in Spring Township around 10 p.m, according to Deputy Chief of the Spring Police Department, Stephen Powell. With a crisis negotiation team on the scene, police talked to Butler Jr. through the phone, in an attempt to get him to surrender, Powell said. After Butler refused to surrender, police created a dis…
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Fugitives In 7-Hour SWAT Hotel Standoff Had Dead Hand Grenade, 8 Loaded Guns, $36K, Police Say
A pair of fugitives were busted with a dead hand grenade, eight loaded weapons, more than $36,000 in cash, drugs and more during a 7-hour standoff that evacuated a North Jersey hotel Sunday night, authorities said Monday. Rahim Harris, 42, of Newark, and Haneefha S. White, 39, of Johnstowns, PA, were arrested after a more than 7-hour standoff at the Extended Stay Hotel on Plaza Drive, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Police received a tip around 7 p.m. saying that Harris -- who had been wanted out of Essex County on charges of aggravated assault -- was staying at the hotel.&n…
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