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Police & Fire
I-95 Barricade: Armed Driver In Custody After Standoff, Philly Police Say
Traffic slowed to a halt on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia Friday morning as police were involved in a standoff with an armed driver, authorities told Daily Voice. It began around 8:30 a.m. when officers spotted an "erratic" driver in the southbound lane near the Girard Avenue exit, police said. When a PPD lieutenant pulled the car over, officials said the driver got out with a pistol in his hand. Police ordered the driver to put the weapon down while they called for SWAT and crisis-intervention-trained backup, the department said. The man allegedly "placed (th…
Police & Fire
Barricaded Gunman Arrested In Poconos: State Police
An armed standoff with a gunman in Carbon County ended peacefully on Thursday after state police took the suspect into custody, according to authorities. It happened in Lower Towamensing Township just after 11 a.m. on June 22, troopers said in a release. Police were called to a residence for a reported assault in progress but spotted an armed suspect retreat into the house when they arrived, officials wrote. The state police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was deployed and arrested the suspect "without further incident," troopers said. Jeremy Scott Lutz, 41, of Kun…
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NJ Man, 81, Killed With Ax, Grandson Taken Into Custody
UPDATE: Elmwood Park detectives signed murder and weapons charges against the grandson of a prominent borough resident who authorities said was killed when he interrupted a burglary. Jason Vicari, 21, of Wyckoff remained held in the Bergen County Jail following Tuesday's killing of 81-year-old Ronald Vicari. The younger Vicari was taken into custody following a brief SWAT standoff at the older man's Beechwood Avenue home. He awaits a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on the charges filed by Elmwood Park police. Additional charges were expected -- among th…