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Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In NJ: Prosecutor Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In NJ: Prosecutor
Hostage Emerges Screaming, With Stab Wounds After 4-Hour SWAT Standoff In NJ: Prosecutor Police have released details and made an arrest in a nearly five-hour SWAT standoff involving a hostage Friday, Nov. 10 in Somerset County. Police received 9-1-1 calls saying a man later identified as Alonzo D. Blakey, 50, was holding a female relative against her will in his apartment on Columbia Drive in Finderne, around 7:20 a.m., Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Blakely was threatening to harm himself and the victim when Bridgewater police arrived, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., Bridgewate…
Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Wanted Subjects Ends In Two Arrests In Fredericksburg: Police Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Wanted Subjects Ends In Two Arrests In Fredericksburg: Police
Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Wanted Subjects Ends In Two Arrests In Fredericksburg: Police Two wanted suspects were arrested after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Fredericksburg, authorities said. Mickel Brown, 31, and Jacqueline Pinnock, 35, of Remington, were taken into custody without incident on Wednesday, Sept. 20, after barricading themselves in a home on the 1700 block of Lafayette Boulevard around 9 a.m., Fredericksburg police said. It began around 9 a.m., when officers responded to the home for a wanted subject through Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties. Once officers made contact with Brown and Pinnock, but they refused to leave the apartment and barricade…
Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah
Overnight SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Mahwah An hours-long SWAT standoff at a Mahwah townhouse ended peacefully when a man who'd apparently threatened his neighbors surrendered before dawn Thursday, responders said. Township police responded to a call of a drunken resident at Dickinson Manor near Forest Road who was threatening people with a baseball bat around 10-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19. Police were familiar with the 60-something resident, who ducked back inside when they arrived at the unit near Dickinson Lane and Storms Drive, responders said. Township police at one point launched a drone to look inside the residence, witne…
SWAT STANDOFF: Englewood Ex-Con Barricaded In Teaneck Basement Jailed SWAT STANDOFF: Englewood Ex-Con Barricaded In Teaneck Basement Jailed
SWAT Standoff: Englewood Ex-Con Barricaded In Teaneck Basement Jailed An ex-con from Englewood barricaded himself in the basement of a Teaneck home before being taken into custody following a SWAT standoff, authorities said. A 911 call for help brought township police to a string of rowhouses on East Forest Avenue, just off Lorraine Avenue, shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14. “(They) encountered Michael Lockett, who was uncooperative and had barricaded himself in a basement room of the residence,” Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Teaneck PD’s Quick-Response Patrol Unit arrived before Loc…
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Honey Brook: Report UPDATE: A SWAT standoff ended peacefully Thursday, April 28 in Honey Brook, Daily Local reports. PA State Police, local police, and the Chester County Emergency Response Team were dispatched, along with EMS, on a report of a barricaded person with a gun on Patton Drive in Lazy Acres mobile home around 9:15 a.m., the outlet says. After several hours of negotiations, the man peacefully surrendered around 3:30 p.m., according to the outlet. No injuries were reported. Route 322 was temporarily closed due to the incident. Click here for more from Daily Local.
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Saddle Brook SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Saddle Brook
SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully In Saddle Brook A 63-year-old Saddle Brook man was hospitalized after an hours-long SWAT team standoff at his home. Saddle Brook police received a report of a “resident in distress” at the Saddle Brook Apartments on Finnigan Avenue at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, said Capt. John A. Zotollo, Jr. “The responding officers arrived and began to speak with the individual from outside,” Zotollo said. “It was apparent this person was experiencing some type of medical issue and was presenting in an altered mental state. “Officers determined the individual was having difficulty cooperating and refused to safely ex…
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…
FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident
FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…
SWAT STANDOFF: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described SWAT STANDOFF: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described
SWAT Standoff: Ex-Con's Horrifying Attack On Bergen GF With Sledgehammer, Knife Described UPDATE: An ex-con smashed his way into his Oakland girlfriend's home overnight with a sledgehammer, then beat her and held her captive at knifepoint -- at one point cutting her hair -- before he was captured following an hours-long SWAT standoff this weekend, authorities said. "I wasn't going to make it to see tomorrow," the victim said Owen R. Harshaney, 30, of Dunnelen, told her during the horrifying overnight ordeal, court papers show. The woman, who'd lost consciousness and suffered severe head injuries during the attack, managed to escape to a family member's home after Harshaney fell…
7-Hour Weekend SWAT Standoff Involving 3 Kids, 4 Adults Ends In Woman's Arrest 7-Hour Weekend SWAT Standoff Involving 3 Kids, 4 Adults Ends In Woman's Arrest
7-Hour Weekend SWAT Standoff Involving 3 Kids, 4 Adults Ends In Woman's Arrest A seven-hour SWAT standoff ended with one woman in custody Sunday afternoon, authorities in Hudson County said. Sonia Alvarez, 59, of Union City, was charged with obstruction in violation and served a disorderly persons offense in connection with Sunday's incident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Union City police responded to 1901 West St. on reports of an argument around 4 a.m.  Officers attempted to get inside to the apartment to make ensure the safety of all individuals when Alvarez became upset and wouldn't let police inside, Suarez said. Union City Emergency S…
Road Rage Shooting Turns To SWAT Standoff In Bucks County Road Rage Shooting Turns To SWAT Standoff In Bucks County
Road Rage Shooting Turns To SWAT Standoff In Bucks County Authorities in Bucks County are searching for a man who they say was involved in a road rage shooting and ignited a SWAT standoff at a Bristol Borough home Tuesday night. The incident began when there was a verbal altercation between two drivers in the area of the Bristol Borough Post Office around 8 p.m., local police said. One driver attempted to leave but was chased by the operator of a red SUV, with New York License plates.  Once on Route 13, the driver of the red SUV reportedly fired several gunshots at the driver's car while traveling north bound both in Bristol Borough and Bris…
3 Charged In Harrisburg SWAT Standoff: Woman Held Captive, Man Pistol Whipped 3 Charged In Harrisburg SWAT Standoff: Woman Held Captive, Man Pistol Whipped
3 Charged In Harrisburg SWAT Standoff: Woman Held Captive, Man Pistol Whipped Three people were arrested in a SWAT standoff in which a woman was held captive, a man was pistol whipped and shots were fired, authorities in Harrisburg said. Officers responded to the 2300 block of Walnut Street on reports of shots fired around 10:20 a.m. Sunday, but police could not determine if a shooting had in fact occurred. Around 11 a.m., a woman told county dispatch she was being held captive by a man at a lounge on the 2300 block of Walnut Street, police said. The woman also said the man was psychotic and holding a gun to her head, authorities said.  As County Dispatch cont…
SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Threats, Weapons, Obstruction SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Threats, Weapons, Obstruction
SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Threats, Weapons, Obstruction UPDATE: An Elmwood Park man who was captured by a SWAT team after a 6½-hour standoff remained hospitalized in police custody Tuesday pending a first court appearance. "Get the f*** out of my house!" Brian Rodriguez, 33, shouted as he descended the stairs toward two borough police officers inside his mother's Obal Avenue home wielding two knives on Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Coolly and calmly, the officers backed out, Foligno said. Negotiators tried through the afternoon and into the evening to get Rodriguez to surrender. A SWAT team finally stormed the house and seized …
DA: 2 Brothers With Same Names Charged In Plymouth SWAT Standoff, Armed Robberies DA: 2 Brothers With Same Names Charged In Plymouth SWAT Standoff, Armed Robberies
DA: 2 Brothers With Same Names Charged In Plymouth SWAT Standoff, Armed Robberies A pair of brothers both with the same name were arrested in connection Wednesday's several-hour SWAT standoff in Plymouth Meeting and a string of armed robberies across Pennsylvania, authorities said. Willie F. Singletary, 20, and Willie F. Singletary III, 29, both of Plymouth Township, are each facing serious charges for the crimes, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Plymouth Township Police Chief John C. Myrsiades said Thursday. Members of the Montgomery County SWAT -- Central arrived Wednesday morning at the Singletary brothers' 1975 Johnson Road home to execute…
Prosecutor: Multiple Firearms, Ammo Seized In 2-Hour Central Jersey SWAT Standoff Prosecutor: Multiple Firearms, Ammo Seized In 2-Hour Central Jersey SWAT Standoff
Prosecutor: Multiple Firearms, Ammo Seized In 2-Hour Central Jersey SWAT Standoff Multiple firearms and ammunition were seized from a 74-year-old Central Jersey man who authorities said fired a gun inside his home with a woman upstairs, launching a nearly two-hour SWAT standoff. Raritan police were called to a Hidden Pond Court home, just after Stephen E. McManus fired a shot around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Nearby residents were evacuated for their safety as officers on scene made "direct visual and verbal contact" with a female resident in an upstairs bedroom of McManus' home, Robertson said. Meanwhile, McM…
Prosecutor: Linden Man Sets Items Ablaze, Throws Knives, Bricks At Police During SWAT Standoff Prosecutor: Linden Man Sets Items Ablaze, Throws Knives, Bricks At Police During SWAT Standoff
Prosecutor: Linden Man Sets Items Ablaze, Throws Knives, Bricks At Police During SWAT Standoff A Linden man stabbed a woman, set several household items on fire, fired a nail gun at police and more during a SWAT standoff over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. John P. Mooney refused to surrender to police responding to his Furber Avenue home around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, where they found a woman with minor stab wounds, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. During a standoff that ensued with police, 36-year-old Mooney punched out a front window of his home, set several household items on fire, threw knives and bricks at officers and then fired a nail gun at police, Ru…
Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff
Judge Releases Musician Accused Of Beating Wife In 5-Hour Cliffside Park SWAT Standoff UPDATE: A Cliffside Park jazz player involved in a 5-hour SWAT standoff spent less than a day at the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered him released pending a hearing. Kermit Driscoll, 62, was first taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for a psychiatric evaluation before he was transferred to the Bergen County Jail following Monday night's incident. He was to be held in the county lockup pending trial on charges that include aggravated assault, violating a restraining order, false imprisonment, hindering his arrest, obstruction and harassment. But a judge released Drisc…