Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd UPDATE: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd
Update: Man Who Slashed Clifton Officer, Stabbed Himself At Route 3 HoJos ID'd Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who slashed a Clifton police officer in the face, then stabbed himself in the chest as a SWAT team closed in on him at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's early last week as a Union Township resident. Antwan Whitlock, 35, remained hospitalized Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson following the Dec. 27 incident in Clifton. He's charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and weapons possession and will be brought before a judge for a first appearance as soon as he's physically able. It began when three Clifton officers responded to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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HEROES: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB HEROES: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB HEROES: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB
Heroes: Second Would-Be Jumper In 3 Days Rescued From GWB For the second time in three days, a despondent 24-year-old man -- this one from Jersey City -- perched himself on a ledge at the George Washington Bridge and threatened to jump. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge Agent Gerry Smithson was driving eastbound on the upper level just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday when a passing motorist flagged him down, said Steve Coleman, the authority's deputy media director. Smithson notified the GWB desk and authority police, then stopped traffic in two bridge lanes and found the man on a narrow ledge over the railing on the bridge's south sidewalk, Coleman said…

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by Jerry DeMarco