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Barricade Situation
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Barricades Himself With 5-Year-Old After Assaulting Ex-GF: Jersey City PD
A 33-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged after he barricaded himself in a home with a 5-year-old after assaulting his ex-girlfriend on Sunday March 1 in Jersey City, authorities said. Officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Claremont Avenue and found a 39-year old woman visibly distraught and bleeding from the mouth, Jersey City police said. The woman said her ex-boyfriend, Kevin Evans, forced entry into her apartment by breaking a window from the fire escape and proceeded to strike her multiple times, preventing her from leaving, and threatening her life, police s…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Stabbing Suspect In Custody After Setting Paterson Fire; Separate 3-Alarm Blaze Displaces 24
Paterson police and firefighters responded to two separate incidents overnight, one involving a person who allegedly stabbed two people then set a blaze and the other a three-alarm fire that displaced 24 people, the fire department said. At approximately 12:01 a.m., on Monday, March 2, firefighters were called to 192 Berkshire Ave., in Paterson for a fire in a 1.5-story wood-frame home The fire was located in the basement, and preliminary information indicates the fire may have been intentionally set by an emotionally disturbed individual barricaded inside the residence, according to the re…
Waynesboro, PA
Police & Fire
Barricaded Individual Found Dead After PA State Police Response
A barricaded individual was found dead inside a home after a response by Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday, Feb. 19. Troopers were called to North Second Street in Philipsburg Borough, Centre County, where an individual had barricaded themselves inside a residence, according to a PSP release. State police urged residents and bystanders to stay away from the area to ensure public safety and allow officers to handle the ongoing situation, the release states. Authorities said at the time there was no threat to the public. In an update, PSP said its Special Emergency Response Team entered …
Pequannock-Pompton Plains, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Barricades Himself After Threatening Family Member: Pequannock PD
A man was taken into custody after he barricaded himself inside a home in Pequannock on Wednesday, Jan. 14, authorities said. At 7:30 a.m., officers received a man who had threatened a family member, had access to knives and locked himself in a room, Pquannock police said. Officers secured the home, set up a perimeter to include closing local roads and notified surrounding residents out of an abundance of caution, police said. The Morris County Sheriff’s Office and Morris County Prosecutor’s Office were notified and responded with specialized units to assist, police said. The man was …
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Uses Tear Gas To End 5-Hour Cliffside Park Standoff After Knife Attack On Store Owner: PD
An armed man who attacked a store owner in Fairview was taken into custody just before 8:30 p.m., ending an hours-long SWAT standoff in Cliffside Park on Friday, Nov. 28, authorities said. The incident began around 3:30 p.m., when Oliver Checo (the same man who was arrested after a 12-hour standoff last December in Guttenberg) confronted a store owner on Anderson Avenue in Fairview, Deputy Fairview Police Chief John Pierrotti said. The attack was unprovoked, and Checo was “talking gibberish” when he hit the store owner several times, Pierrotti said. The store owner walked away, but Checo re…
Cockeysville-Hunt Valley, MD
Police & Fire
Heavy Police Presence Reported During Barricade Situation In Cockeysville (
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A tense standoff unfolded in a quiet Cockeysville neighborhood Wednesday afternoon as police surrounded a home on Blue Bell Way, authorities said. Baltimore County Police confirmed around 2:20 p.m. Oct. 22 that officers were on scene handling a barricade situation in the 21030 area. “This situation is contained,” police said in a statement. “Residents can expect a strong police presence as we work to resolve this matter.” No additional details about the person or people involved have been released as of late Wednesday. Daily Voice will update this story as more information becomes availab…
Stafford, VA
Police & Fire
‘Pepper Palace’ Standoff: Woman Wanted For Falsely Summoning Police Nabbed In Stafford: Sheriff
The irony is real. A woman wanted for falsely summoning police certainly did her best to avoid law enforcement in Stafford County during a standoff that ended with two people in custody. Nathaly Palacios Medina, 33, attempted to evade arrest over the weekend, but ultimately found herself handcuffed following a brief barricade with members of the sheriff's office. Deputies on foot patrol at around 10:45 p.m. on Sept. 19 in Garrison Woods spotted Palacios Medina — who was wanted for three counts of using obscene language by phone and falsely summoning law enforcement — in the kitch…
La Plata, MD
Police & Fire
Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife Before La Plata Barricade: Sheriff
A man threatened a woman's life and assaulted a child in Maryland before barricading himself inside a La Plata home, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Dale Buchanan, 37, is behind bars after a scary scene played out last week involving a woman and young child, the agency announced on Thursday, Sept. 18. Officers from the sheriff's office were called around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 to the 6300 block of Nelson Drive in La Plata, where there was a reported domestic disturbance. During the incident it is alleged Buchanan choked the woman, as…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Gunfire, Barricade Chaos Close Multiple Baltimore Streets, Police Say (
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A shooting and barricade situation brought a Baltimore neighborhood to a standstill Tuesday afternoon, closing multiple streets as police swarmed the scene. The Baltimore Police Department announced that officers are on scene in the 1000 block of North Arlington Avenue after reports of a shooting and a barricade incident on Tuesday, Sept. 9, around 4:50 p.m. Police said several streets in the area are closed, and the public is being asked to avoid the neighborhood until further notice. Photos from the scene show yellow police tape stretched across roadways, blocking off the active investig…
Haverstraw, NY
Police & Fire
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: Cops ID Armed West Haverstraw Suspect In High-Speed Pursuit, Standoff
Police have identified the 41-year-old suspect who they say led a high-speed pursuit across multiple Rockland County towns before crashing and then barricading himself in a vehicle with a rifle for several hours this weekend. Marcos Seda, 41 years old, of West Haverstraw, is facing unlawful imprisonment, assault, menacing, reckless endangerment, weapon possession, and fleeing police, according to Haverstraw police. Trouble began around 11 p.m. Saturday, July 19, when police responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm, Chief John J. Gould Jr. said in a press rel…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Barricaded Gunman In Philadelphia Home Surrenders After SWAT Response: Police (
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A standoff involving an armed man barricaded inside a Philadelphia home ended peacefully with his arrest, authorities said on Saturday, June 28. The man locked himself inside a home on the 3900 block of Manayunk Avenue at 11:32 a.m. while armed with a weapon, prompting a SWAT deployment, police said in a release. He was taken into custody by 12:31 p.m. without incident, and no injuries were reported, officials confirmed. The scene has been secured and the investigation is ongoing.
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Gloucester Co Home Invader Arrested By SWAT After Beating Pair With Metal Pipe, Standoff: Cops
A 53-year-old man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a South Jersey home, assaulting two people with a metal pipe, and then barricading himself inside his own house, police said. Shawn Huntsinger, of Violet Street in Franklinville, was identified as the suspect in a violent home invasion that happened around 8:49 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, on the 800 block of Little Mill Road, according to the Franklin Township Police Department. Police say Huntsinger “forcibly entered the Little Mill Road residence by attempting to kick in the door.” The male homeowner tried to stop him, but was uns…
Point Pleasant, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Armed Barricaded Suspect Tased: Point Pleasant Police
A barricaded man was tased before being apprehended by police on Friday, May 9, in Point Pleasant, authorities said. Officers with the Howell Township Police Department and Point Pleasant Police Department responded to the 1100 block of River Avenue to arrest Nicholas Soukas, law enforcement said. Soukas barricaded himself inside the residence upon officers' arrival and was armed with a knife, Point Pleasant police said. Traffic was detoured as the Ocean County Regional SWAT team was deployed to the scene and attempted to have Soukas surrender and relinquish his knife, police said. After se…
Pottstown, PA
News
SWAT Justified In Fatal Shooting Of AJ Ecker During Pottstown Standoff: Montco DA
A Montgomery County SWAT team was justified in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Andrew “AJ” Ecker during a barricade situation in Pottstown, District Attorney Kevin Steele announced on Wednesday, April 30. DA: ‘Facts Support Use Of Force’ The April 6 standoff began after Ecker crashed his car near Beech and North Mount Vernon streets and ran from the scene, Montgomery County authorities said. He left one loaded handgun in his vehicle and fled with a second stolen firearm to his nearby home, where he opened fire on Pottstown police officers, striking one in the shoulder just after 6 p.m., a…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Tattooed Fugitive Barricades In Virginia Home, Surrenders After Standoff: Police
A wanted man in Virginia is behind bars after sparking a two-day manhunt in Front Royal that ended with a barricade situation and multi-agency response, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 9. Officers with the Front Royal Police Department said they first made contact with 34-year-old Richmond resident William Christopher Mosley Jr. on Monday, April 7, after receiving a report that he was sitting in a vehicle at a residence on the 1600 block of North Royal Avenue. Mosley reportedly took off on foot as officers approached, kicking off a brief pursuit. A coordinated search was la…
Slatington-Walnutport, PA
Police & Fire
Armed White Haven Woman Barricades Herself For Hours: Police
A 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman was apprehended after she barricaded herself inside a residence with two firearms in Old Bridge on Thursday, March 27, authorities said. At 3:07 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at Lakeview Road, Old Bridge police said. Upon officers arrival, Marisol Romero, a White Haven resident, barricaded herself inside the residence with the firearms police. After hours of negotiations and with the assistance of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Special Operations Response Team, Romero surrendered herself to police, law enforcement said. Romero was char…
Dundalk, MD
News
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (
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A heavy police presence has flooded a residential street in Dundalk where an armed suspect has barricaded themselves inside a home, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday morning. Officers responded to Gray Manor Terrace near German Hill Road around 9:00 a.m. on April 1 after receiving reports of an armed subject refusing to come out. Authorities immediately issued a shelter-in-place order for neighbors and warned residents to stay away from windows and exterior doors. Multiple schools in the area — Battle Grove Elementary, Charlesmont Elementary, and General John Stricker Middle — were place…
Colonie, NY
Police & Fire
Hours-Long Standoff: Man Threatens Victim, Hides In Colonie Home,
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A 37-year-old man was arrested after threatening harm to a victim and then barricading himself inside his Capital Region home during a standoff with police, authorities said. Albany County resident William R. Jones of Colonie, 37, was taken into custody on Monday, March 24, following an incident earlier in the day, according to New York State Police. The incident began around 1:58 p.m. when troopers received a complaint from a resident in Halfmoon who said Jones had called and threatened to harm them and damage their property, police said. Police then located Jones at his …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Wanted PA Arsonist Attacks FBI Agent During Bergen County SWAT Standoff: Officials
A York, PA man wanted for arson is facing attempted murder and other charges after a tense standoff with law enforcement in Bergen County, NJ, during which he wielded a pickaxe and attacked an FBI agent, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 3. Tyre (Tyrie) R. Dunn, 36, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 27, after an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, led by Prosecutor Mark Musella, alongside the FBI and Lodi Police Department. Dunn, who was already wanted in Pennsylvania, fled from law enforcement and barricaded himself inside a shed attached to a private home on Stokes St…
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Bodycam Footage Released Of Officer-Involved Maryland Motel Standoff With Wanted PA Fugitive
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office has released bodycam footage of the officer-involved shooting of a wanted Pennsylvania fugitive during a barricade situation at a Maryland motel last summer. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, 2024, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. This video is a presentation intended to inform the public of details as we currently understand them related to a de…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
Police & Fire
Barricade Declared After Gunshots Fired Inside Philadelphia Home: Police
A barricade was declared after gunshots were heard inside a Philadelphia home early Tuesday, Dec. 31, police said. Philadelphia police responded to a report of a person with a gun at a home on the 700 block of South 59th Street at 2:25 a.m. in the city’s 18th District, authorities said. Arriving officers heard an argument and gunfire coming from inside the property, prompting them to declare a barricade at 2:46 a.m., police said. A staging area was established at 58th Street and Catherine Street. The standoff ended at 3:26 a.m. when the suspect exited the home and surrendered without incid…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
Police & Fire
Woman Barricades Herself In Philadelphia Apartment During Domestic Incident, SWAT Called
A woman barricaded herself inside an apartment during a domestic incident in Northeast Philadelphia on Monday, Dec. 2, police said. Officers responded to the 7400 block of Oxford Avenue in the 2nd District at 11:42 a.m. and found the woman alone in the apartment, according to a release. The situation was declared a barricade at 12:08 p.m., prompting SWAT to be called to the scene, police said. Authorities established a staging area on the 800 block of Bleigh Avenue while attempting to resolve the standoff. The woman was taken into custody without incident at 12:30 p.m., police reported. No…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
Police & Fire
Armed Suspect Barricades Inside Northeast Philadelphia Home After Robbery, Now In Custody: PPD
The barricade situation in Northeast Philadelphia has been resolved, the police announced on Monday, Nov. 25. Officers were initially called to a robbery on the 7100 block of Castor Avenue at 3:33 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The suspect, described as a Black male, fled the scene and entered a home on the 6700 block of Large Street, prompting police to declare a barricade at 4:02 p.m. The man was taken into custody by 4:57 p.m., authorities said. SWAT officers cleared the property, and no injuries were reported. Police had established a staging area on t…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Called To Oakland Home After Restraining Order Violation Escalates: Police
A Bergen County SWAT team was called to an Oakland home Sunday morning, Nov. 24, after a restraining order violation escalated into a barricade situation, local police said. Officers responded to a residence on River Road at 8:37 a.m. for a report of a restraining order violation involving Carlos Rocha, 43, formerly of Oakland, who had been barred from the home, Oakland Police Capt. Timothy Keenan said. When informed that he would be placed under arrest, Rocha became belligerent and barricaded himself in a bedroom, Keenan said. In compliance with NJ Attorney General Directive 2024-04,…
Kearny, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police
A man armed with a knife barricaded himself at a building in Kearny on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3, authorities said. At 9:27 a.m., a woman contacted the police department and said her life had been threatened by a man with whom she lives with and that he was armed with a knife, authorities said, Kearny police said. Officers removed the woman and her child but the man barricaded himself inside the residence and made statements suggesting he was experiencing a mental health crisis, police said. The Kearny Police Department, Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, Hudson County Prosecutor’s Offi…
Aston-Brookhaven, PA
News
Man With Knife Barricades Himself In Philly Basement
Philadelphia Police responded to a man barricaded inside a basement, authorities said. The person had a weapon on the 4100 block of Devereaux Street (private rowhome) at 10:49 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, they said. A 44-year-old Hispanic male locked himself inside the basement of this property, police said. The male is possibly armed with a knife. It was declared a barricade at 12:24 p.m.
Adelphi-Langley Park, MD
Police & Fire
Residents Ordered To 'Shelter In Place' Amid Armed Barricade Situation In Maryland
Some residents have been advised to stay in their homes as the Prince George's County Police Department continues to attempt to peacefully negotiate a barricade situation in Langley Park. An alert was issued early on Friday morning advising that Merrimac Drive was shut down between 14th Avenue and Keokee Street, and neighbors were cautioned to shelter in place in the lowest level of their home following reports of shots fired that led to a standoff with officers. The incident was reported in the 8200 block of 17th Avenue. Police said that others inside the single-family home were able to e…
Mechanicsville, MD
News
Southern Maryland Standoff With Barricaded Person Resolved, Sheriff Says
There will be an increased police presence in a St. Mary's County neighborhood on Thursday as the sheriff's office continues to investigate following a barricade situation, officials say. At approximately 9 a.m. on Aug. 8, deputies were called to the Columbia Commons neighborhood on Creeping Primrose Lane in Lexington Park, where there were reports of shots fired, according to Capt. Sarah Smith. Google Maps street view Deputies remained at the scene until approximately 11 a.m., when the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office declared that the standoff reached its conclusion. No injuries were…
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Officers Named Following Police Shooting During Standoff With PA Fugitive At Maryland Motel
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office has identified the officers involved in the shooting of a wanted Pennsylvania fugitive during a barricade situation at a Maryland motel over the weekend. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. Super 8 located on Monocacy Boulevard Google Maps street view According to the sheriff's office, they were able to make cont…
Frederick, MD
News
Police ID Sex Abuse Suspect Struck During Officer-Involved Shooting At Maryland Motel (
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New details have been released after a man wanted for sexually abusing a child in Pennsylvania was injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital following an officer-involved shooting at a Frederick County motel on Friday morning. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. The suspect was later identified as Jack Edgar Primmer by the Beaver Valley Regional P…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Baltimore Police On Scene Of Barricade Situation; Residents Advised To Stay Inside (
Developing
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Several streets are closed in Baltimore and some residents have been advised to shelter in place as they deal with a barricade situation on Thursday afternoon. Members of the Baltimore Police Department were called to a home in the 1700 block of Harlem Avenue, according to an alert issued shortly after noon on Aug. 1. Google Maps street view Polices say that several streets in the immediate area are going to be closed for an unknown amount of time, and residents in the area have been asked to stay inside while they negotiate with the suspect. SWAT is on scene, according to the…
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