Hackensack, NJ
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Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment
Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment SWAT team members ended a standoff of more than five hours when they subdued a knife-wielding man who’d barricaded himself in his mother’s River Edge apartment. A construction worker by trade, the man had been living in shelters in New York City before recently moving in with his mother at the Oxford Terrace Apartments. He'd become violent, however, so she fled and called police at 7:43 a.m., River Edge Police Chief Michael Walker said. Responding officers “tried to contend with him,” but he retreated into the kitchen of the garden apartment and began picking up knives, the chief said. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lower Paxton, PA
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Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police
Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police A felon who attempted to set his home on fire has been arrested following a stand-off in Lower Paxton Township, area police announced on Sunday, February 12, 2023.  The police had been called to a report of a man destroying his home in the 4200 block of Jonestown Road on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, around 1 p.m., the department explains in the release.  Upon arrival the police found  34-year-old Michael Wayne Benson "had attempted to set the residence on fire earlier in the day and was now to be barricaded himself in his room, holding a shard of glass in his hands," the police s…

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by Jillian Pikora
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Search Launched For Suspect In Hours-Long Baltimore County Barricade Situation Search Launched For Suspect In Hours-Long Baltimore County Barricade Situation
Search Launched For Suspect In Hours-Long Baltimore County Barricade Situation The search is on for a 24-year-old man in Baltimore County who is considered armed and dangerous after an officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries amid a lengthy standoff in Cockeysville. An alert was issued by the Baltimore County Police Department on Wednesday, Feb. 8, which released a photo of David Emory Linthicum, who is considered armed and dangerous. Original story - Baltimore County Police Ask Some Cockeysville Residents To Shelter In Place (DEVELOPING) According to police, Linthicum has long, auburn-colored hair, brown eyes, and a beard. He was last seen wearing a black ho…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Paxton, PA
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Fleeing Man 'Seriously Injures' Police At Lower Paxton Burger King: Authorities Fleeing Man 'Seriously Injures' Police At Lower Paxton Burger King: Authorities
Fleeing Man 'Seriously Injures' Police At Lower Paxton Burger King: Authorities A police officer has been seriously injured following a foot pursuit at a Burger King in Lower Paxton Township. Police in Susquehanna Township later arrested 30-year-old Korie Lamont Thomas following a standoff where he "barricaded himself in his residence armed with a knife," authorities state in a release issued on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.  Thomas-Atkins was wanted on a bench warrant when he was first spotted at the Union Deposite Road restaurant. When the officer attempted to arrest him, he fled and the foot pursuit began on Feb. 4, according to the release.  During this c…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced
Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced The Bucks County man who fired a shotgun at a police chief before engaging in a four-hour standoff with authorities will spend 15 to 30 years in prison.  Colin Petroziello, now 25, pleaded no contest in September to attempted murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and a host of other felonies stemming from the summer 2021 incident, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Monday, Feb. 6.  As prosecutors argued in court, Petroziello was with his mother in their shared apartment at the Yardley Common Condominiums on Aug. 18, 2021 at 11 a.m., when his mom …

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by Mac Bullock
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Woman, Children Escape Barricade Situation In St. Mary's County After Standoff: State Police Woman, Children Escape Barricade Situation In St. Mary's County After Standoff: State Police
Woman, Children Escape Barricade Situation In St. Mary's County After Standoff: State Police Maryland State Police arrested a 40-year-old man following an hours-long standoff with troopers that started on Tuesday night and ended early on Wednesday morning, officials say. St. Mary’s County resident Dennis Andrew Gibson, of California, is facing multiple charges following a barricade situation that began on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and stretched into the beginning of Wednesday, Feb. 1 when he was ultimately apprehended. The incident began at approximately 8 p.m. on Tuesday night when a woman contacted the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack regarding a domestic incident that happened…

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by Zak Failla
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Hours-Long Standoff At Norwood Hotel Ends Peacefully (UPDATE) Hours-Long Standoff At Norwood Hotel Ends Peacefully (UPDATE)
Hours-Long Standoff At Norwood Hotel Ends Peacefully (Update) One man was taken to the hospital following an hours-long standoff at a Norwood hotel, authorities said.  Police responded to a single barricaded subject at the Hampton Inn on Route 1 in Norwood around 1:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Kan. 31, Norwood Police said on Twitter.  We’re on scene of a single barricaded subject at the Hampton Inn on Route 1. MetroLEC SWAT has responded to assist. There is no threat to the community or to nearby businesses at the time. We will post here with any pertinent update. @wbz @WCVB — Norwood Police (@NorwoodPolice) January 31, 2023 MetroLEC SWAT was on the sc…

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by David Cifarelli
Kingston, NY
Police & Fire
New Armed Standoff: Man Threatens To Shoot Himself At Apartment In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says New Armed Standoff: Man Threatens To Shoot Himself At Apartment In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says
New Armed Standoff: Man Threatens To Shoot Himself At Apartment In Hudson Valley, Sheriff Says A 59-year-old Hudson Valley man threatened to shoot himself following an eviction notice that led to an hours-long standoff. The incident took place in Ulster County around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Kingston. The drama unfolded when an Ulster County Sheriff's Office deputy executed a court-ordered eviction for the man living in an apartment located at Wiltwyck Gardens on Albany Avenue.  The deputy initially spoke with the man to be evicted inside the apartment and observed he still had property inside. Since it appeared the man was not ready to immediately vacate as specified in…

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by Kathy Reakes
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Armed Standoff: 28-Year-Old Apprehended After Hours-Long Incident In Hudson Valley Armed Standoff: 28-Year-Old Apprehended After Hours-Long Incident In Hudson Valley
Armed Standoff: 28-Year-Old Apprehended After Hours-Long Incident In Hudson Valley A 28-year-old Hudson Valley man was apprehended after an hours-long standoff with police. The incident began in Dutchess County around 9 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 21 Pleasant View Road in the town of Poughkeepsie. Just after 9 a.m., a deputy from the Sheriff’s Office’s Civil Division went to the home of Shawn R. Magliocchino in Poughkeepsie for the purpose of serving an eviction warrant, said Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office. When the deputy arrived, Magliocchino displayed a shotgun and refused to cooperate with the service of the warrant, Watterson said. At …

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by Kathy Reakes
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Philly Shooting Leads To Barricade, But No Arrest Philly Shooting Leads To Barricade, But No Arrest
Philly Shooting Leads To Barricade, But No Arrest Police surrounded a home in northeast Philadelphia early on Tuesday, Jan. 24 to capture a suspected gunman, but the standoff ended with no arrest, authorities say.  Officers were dispatched to the 6700 block of Marsden Street in Tacony at about midnight, the department told Daily Voice. Witnesses reported seeing a man shoot "30 to 40 times" on the street before running into a residence on the block, they added.  On the scene, authorities declared a barricade at 12:30 a.m. and set up a staging area on Torresdale and Unruh avenues, police said.  During the standoff, officials …

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by Mac Bullock
Lower Paxton, PA
Police & Fire
Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Central PA Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Central PA
Brother Of Wanted Man, Son Of Registered Sex Offender Arrested After Standoff In Central PA The younger brother of a wanted man and son of a registered sex offender has been arrested following a standoff on Tuesday, Jan. 3, authorities say. Nofil Gulfam Swati, 26, had called 911 after a threat posted on social media was causing concern, according to a release around 6 p.m. by the Lower Paxton Township police.  When they arrived at the home in the 2400 block of Kensington Way around 9:30 a.m. and approached the front door, an officer heard "what sounded like a gunshot inside the home," as stated in the police release.  Officers surrounded the home and made contact with the only p…

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by Jillian Pikora
Fairfax, VA
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Suspect ID'd, Charged After Abducting Hostage During 12-Hour Standoff In VA, Police Say Suspect ID'd, Charged After Abducting Hostage During 12-Hour Standoff In VA, Police Say
Suspect ID'd, Charged After Abducting Hostage During 12-Hour Standoff In VA, Police Say New information has been released by police in Virginia following a 12-hour standoff with a barricaded suspect who took a hostage overnight. Paul Graves, 66, of Herndon, surrendered himself to police shortly after 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, but not after putting investigators through the paces during a lengthy incident that began late on Tuesday night that required intervention from multiple police agencies. Original story - Twelve-Hour Standoff In Herndon Ends With Hostage Safe, Barricaded Man In Custody (DEVELOPING) The incident began late on Tuesday, Dec. 27 in the 700 block …

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by Zak Failla