West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man In 'Mental Health Crisis' Attacks, Stabs Dad, DA Says PA Man In 'Mental Health Crisis' Attacks, Stabs Dad, DA Says
PA Man In 'Mental Health Crisis' Attacks, Stabs Dad, DA Says A Chester County man is facing charges after police discovered that he had attacked and stabbed his 70-year-old father, leaving him with severe injuries, authorities announced Wednesday. Michael Blough, 43, of Phoenixville, was arrested in Downingtown on Monday after several hours of crisis negotiations, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Officers were called to a house on Founders Way, where they learned Blough had grabbed his father by the neck, thrown him to the ground, and stabbed him in the back, authorities said. Investigators believe Blough also assaulted tw…

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by Nicole Acosta
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Barricaded Man Who Threatened Doctor Ends Standoff Inside Long Island Home, Police Say Barricaded Man Who Threatened Doctor Ends Standoff Inside Long Island Home, Police Say
Barricaded Man Who Threatened Doctor Ends Standoff Inside Long Island Home, Police Say A barricaded, suicidal man who threatened a doctor was rescued inside a Long Island home. The incident took place around 11:17 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, when the department received a call regarding a suicidal subject at a residence in Hampton Bays, said Southampton Town Police Lt. Susan Ralph. The man had made threats against a doctor and threats of suicide, Ralph said. Patrol Officers responded along with members of the Emergency Service Unit and negotiators and at 1:25 p.m. negotiators were able to bring a peaceful resolution to the incident.

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by Kathy Reakes
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
HERO: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge HERO: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge
Hero: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge Route 46 was closed down and an air mattress was inflated beneath a Bergen County overpass as police tried to convince a troubled 15-year-old not to jump. Officers found the Saddle Brook teen perilously perched on the Outwater Lane overpass in Garfield, near the Lodi border, around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. “The parents said the youth left the home in a crisis state of mind,” Kugler said Wednesday. “They were deeply concerned for the juvenile's well-being.” The teen, apparently upset over a conflict involving a life choice, had climbed the curved fence…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Burlington County Man Surrenders After 9 Hours Of SWAT Negotiations From Friend's Roof Burlington County Man Surrenders After 9 Hours Of SWAT Negotiations From Friend's Roof
Burlington County Man Surrenders After 9 Hours Of SWAT Negotiations From Friend's Roof A Burlington County man surrendered to police after hours of negotiations with a SWAT team from the roof of a friend's home whose family he threatened to kill, authorities said. It all began on the 100 block of Carnation Drive in Deptford Township Friday morning, when a 26-year-old Medford man began destroying property and breaking windows at the home of one of his acquaintances, authorities told NJ.com. The man flashed a knife when the homeowner confronted him as the family escaped around 10:15 a.m., NJ.com reports. The man had locked himself inside of the home when police arrived, summon…

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by Cecilia Levine
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man In Police Standoff Charged With Fatally Shooting Girlfriend, 37 NJ Man In Police Standoff Charged With Fatally Shooting Girlfriend, 37
NJ Man In Police Standoff Charged With Fatally Shooting Girlfriend, 37 A 29-year-old South Jersey man involved in an hours-long standoff with multiple police agencies in Atlantic County is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend. Junior English of Camden has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Lateemah Leavy, 37, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Camden County Police Chief Joseph Wysocki said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Police from Pleasantville, Absecon, and Galloway Township were held at bay by English beginning about 1 p.m. on Sunday, their statement said, English had called 911 from his silver Nissan while parked in At…

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by Jon Craig
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Incident Ends Peacefully At Teaneck Home SWAT Incident Ends Peacefully At Teaneck Home
SWAT Incident Ends Peacefully At Teaneck Home UPDATE: A SWAT incident ended peacefully in Teaneck after a barricaded man was removed from a home after several hours inside. A 4 p.m. call brought of a possible shooting and man with a gun brought township police to the single-family home on Churchill Road on Sunday. "The responding officers attempted to get the man to exit his residence, but he refused to do so," Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. "It was quickly determined that law enforcement was dealing with a barricaded subject-type situation. "Within minutes, responding officers arrived on scene and began a dialogue with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home
SWAT Team Removes Barricaded Teaneck Auto Detailer From Home A SWAT team stormed a Teaneck home early Saturday afternoon and seized a 72-year-old auto detailer who's had trouble before with the law. John Heywang barricaded himself in the Ogden Avenue home after Bergen County sheriff's officers went there Saturday morning to execute a removal order, law enforcement sources said. "What began as a civil eviction became a welfare check after there was no answer at the door," Sheriff Anthony Cureton said.  Officers determined that Heywang was inside but wasn't answering the door, Cureton said.  So reinforcements were called in. After 90 minut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
(UPDATE) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man (UPDATE) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man
(Update) SWAT Breaks Through Door, Seizes Barricaded Elmwood Park Man ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team battered open a side door and seized an Elmwood Park man who'd threatened to kill himself Saturday afternoon. The suicidal man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with cuts on his abdomen and wrists after surrendering without a struggle around 3:50 p.m., a little over 2½ hours after the standoff began, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, the chief said, adding that no decision on possible charges had been made yet. "We're two-for-two," Foligno said, …

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by Jerry DeMarco