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Hostage Negotiation
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Video Shows Chaos Of Deadly Stamford Standoff, Report Details Decomposing Body Found Inside
Authorities have released video from a Connecticut standoff and shootout that ended with a 63-year-old man taking his own life and police finding a decomposing body inside. A new autopsy report sheds light on how each person died. Stamford police engaged in a standoff with Jed Parkington on Dec. 2 at 263 Oaklawn Avenue after a marshal was fired on while trying to serve an eviction notice, according to a state Office of the Inspector General preliminary report released Tuesday. Parkington and his wife were being removed from the home following a foreclosure. The marshal met Parkington’s wife…
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Man Barricaded In Stamford Luxury Apartment Wanted In NY Theft Case: Police
A man wanted for financial crimes in New York was arrested after a tense three-hour standoff with Stamford police at a downtown apartment building, authorities said. Jerry Genesis, 34, barricaded himself inside The Urby apartments on Greyrock Place after officers arrived to serve a warrant. When they knocked on the door, Genesis “slammed the door in their faces and refused to come out,” according to police. New York authorities said Genesis had fled the state after posting bail in a theft case. Officials did not disclose what was allegedly stolen. Stamford officers surrounded the building …
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Police Save Distraught Teen From Walkway Over Hudson In Poughkeepsie
A 16-year-old was safely rescued from the Walkway Over the Hudson in Dutchess County on Wednesday afternoon, July 2, after climbing over the railing, police said. The incident happened around 3:41 p.m. on July 2, when New York State Parks staff contacted City of Poughkeepsie 911 to report a suicidal person on the bridge, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department said on Thursday, July 3. Responding officers arrived at the mid-span of the Walkway Over the Hudson and found a distraught 16-year-old who had climbed over the railing. Officers quickly began speaking with the teen and…
Hagerstown, MD
Police & Fire
Hagerstown Man Beat Wife, Shot Officer With Shotgun, Then Barricaded With Gun: Police (
Updated
)
A Maryland father is accused of assaulting his wife with children in the house, then shooting a responding officer with a shotgun during an hours-long standoff that ended in his arrest, authorities said. Daniel Matthew Anderson, 40, was taken into custody around 4:35 p.m. Thursday, June 12, after barricading himself for more than eight hours inside a home on Forrest Drive, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Officers first responded to the home around 5 a.m. for a domestic violence assault call. Anderson’s wife, who showed “clear signs of being assaulted,” let officers ins…
Mount Vernon, NY
Police & Fire
Man With Suspected Gun Barricades Inside Mount Vernon Home, Causes Standoff: Victim Injured
A domestic dispute in Westchester led to a tense standoff after a man who was suspected to be armed with a gun barricaded himself inside a home, police said. The incident began around 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, when Mount Vernon Police responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute at a residence on North High Street, city officials said. Arriving officers were met outside the residence by a female victim, who told them that the male suspect was inside and armed with a firearm. When officers tried to make contact with the man, he refused to open the door and bar…
Lexington Park, MD
Police & Fire
Escapee Caught After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor, Barricading In Lexington Park Home: Sheriff
A wanted Maryland man who slipped off his ankle monitor and went on the run is back behind bars after a tense barricade situation in Lexington Park, authorities announced. Jeffrey Keith Reid, 57, was arrested Thursday, May 15, after deputies with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office surrounded a home on Spring Lake Drive, officials said. The drama began around 10 a.m. when a witness reported a suspicious vehicle parked at a home where no one was believed to live, according to police. Deputies quickly connected the house to Reid, who was wanted on an active arrest warrant for second-degre…
Albany, NY
Politics
Another American Hostage To Be Freed Following Teacher's Return From Russia, Albany Native Says
One day after Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel returned home from Russian imprisonment, another American hostage is expected to be freed, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, told Fox News. The unnamed hostage is expected to be released on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Boehler, an Albany native and UPenn graduate, said during an interview with Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11. “It’s another in a stream of hostages. It’ll be unilateral as well. And I can’t release [the person’s name] until the person’s released, obviously it could endanger the hostage release and that I c…
Harrisburg, PA
Politics
PA Teacher Marc Fogel Returns Home After Release From Russian Prison
Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania teacher detained in Russia since 2021, is back in the United States following a negotiated exchange facilitated by President Donald J. Trump and his administration, officials announced on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Fogel, who had been serving a 14-year sentence for possessing medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain, was freed after diplomatic efforts led by Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. His return follows years of advocacy from his family and lawmakers across the political spectrum. Fogel, Family Express Gratitude In his first public remarks since return…
Waldorf, MD
Police & Fire
Woman Held Hostage By Boyfriend Who Shot Himself After Standoff In Waldorf: Sheriff
A woman in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend had to be rescued by members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office following a standoff over the weekend in Waldorf, authorities say. On Sunday, officers were called to check on the welfare of a woman after being contacted by her family, who reported she was in an abusive relationship with Howard Theodore Coleman, Jr., 42, and had not been heard from in days. Officers responded to a home in the 9300 block of Brechin Place in Waldorf, where they unsuccessfully attempted to contact the woman, and a warrant to search the property was issued. …
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Assaults Pair, Holds 1 Hostage On Long Island: Police
A Long Island man has been arrested after police say he assaulted a pair of people and held one of them hostage. It happened on Saturday, Nov. 25 in Hicksville, according to Nassau County Police. Just before 10:30 a.m., police responded to a home on Ohio Street, where 40-year-old John Howell of Hicksville was holding a woman, age 56, hostage inside. Earlier in the morning, Howell had allegedly physically assaulted the woman and a 44-year-old man, even going as far as threatening them with a knife. The man was able to escape and call for help, but not before Howell barricaded himself in…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Man Who Climbed Girder Of Hudson Valley Bridge Talked Down By Police
A suicidal man ran to a Hudson Valley bridge and climbed a girder after spotting police who were responding to a call of a potential bridge jumper. The incident played out in Dutchess County around 4:15 p.m., Monday, June 26 at the Mid-Hudson Bridge in the City of Poughkeepsie. According to City of Poughkeepsie Police Capt. Steven Minard, responding officers were able to quickly determine that man was near the Mid-Hudson Bridge and found him near the entrance. When the distressed man spotted the police he jumped out of his vehicle and ran to, and climbed on a bridge girder, Minar…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Suspect ID'd In 14-Hour Philly Standoff That Ended With Gunfight
Philadelphia authorities have released new information on the 14-hour armed barricade situation that ended with an exchange of gunfire in Germantown on Saturday evening. City police were called to the 400 block of W. Bringhurst Street just after 4 p.m. on April 29, Daily Voice has reported. Soon after, police heard one shot, left the house, set up a perimeter, and declared a barricade. The suspect, who police now identify as 65-year-old Steve Robbins, spoke at length with a Hostage Negotiator Detective by phone and through a PA system on a SWAT team vehicle, according t…
Middletown, CT
Police & Fire
Man Pours Gas On Woman, Trailer In Middletown, Police Say
An investigation continues after a Connecticut man allegedly poured gas on a woman and a trailer and threatened to set them on fire before holding police at bay for more than an hour. The incident took place in Middlesex County around 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18 at 500 Washington St., in Middletown. When police arrived, a woman came out of the trailer and told officers that 55-year-old Eugene Boudreau, poured gasoline on her and inside the trailer in an effort to light them on fire, said the Middletown Police. The woman was safely removed from the area and evaluated by ambulance personne…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
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 …
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Three-Hour Standoff After Knife Attack Leads To Arrest Of Hudson Valley Man, Police Say
A three-hour standoff with police led to the arrest of a Hudson Valley man who threatened to kill officers after allegedly stabbing one person and attacking another. The incident took place in Orange County around 7:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 8, in the City of Newburgh. According to City of Newburgh Police detectives, officers responded to a home on Van Ness Street for an assault in progress. Officers arriving on the scene located a 50-year old woman who had been struck in the head with the butt of a folding knife and a 47-year-old man who had been stabbed in the hand and arm, police …
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
SWAT
Standoff
: Barricaded Man Seized After Assault
UPDATE: An ex-con smashed his way into his 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 Oakland 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…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
'Person In Crisis' Hospitalized After Hours-Long Standoff In Area, Police Say
A person described as being "in crisis" was hospitalized following an hours-long standoff with responders at a residence in the area. At about 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 in Putnam County, the Carmel Police Department received a call to check on the welfare of a person in crisis at a residence on Union Valley Road. The subject has had a history of mental health issues and was known to not respond to officers when attempting to make contact with them at the residence, Town of Carmel Police Department Lieutenant Stephen Kunze said. Carmel PD officers attempt…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities Release Details, Announce Arrest In Hudson County Hostage Situation
A 21-year-old Staten Island man was arrested after holding a woman and her two children hostage in North Bergen Tuesday, authorities announced. Divine Torres was holding the woman and her two kids -- ages 2 years old and 3 months -- hostage at a Days Inn at 2600 Tonnelle Avenue around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. North Bergen police were notified by the NYPD, and responded to the scene, along with the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team. Crisis and hostage negotiators were able to make contact with Torres, and safely and peacefully negotiate his surrender…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Assaults Woman With Knife, Barricades Himself In Long Island House For Hours, Police Say
A Long Island man assaulted a woman with a knife, held her against her will with two children in the house, and barricaded himself in a neighboring home for hours, police said. Medford resident Mark Reyes, 43, entered the home of a woman on Clover Lane in Kings Park late on Saturday, April 25, and held her against her will overnight, according to Suffolk County Police. Police said that the 33-year-old woman was assaulted and sustained knife wounds in the incident. She escaped the house at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 26, and was taken to an area hospital for treatment of serious…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Killing Wife Following Hours-Long Riverhead Standoff
A man was charged with fatally shooting his wife in their Long Island home after an hours-long standoff. Riverhead Town Police responded to 20 Doris Ave. at approximately 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, after receiving reports of a man carrying a handgun. Suffolk County Police Hostage Negotiation Team and Emergency Service Section officers responded to the house where Robert Brown had barricaded himself, police said. After a nearly four-hour standoff, officers knocked down the front door of the house and Brown was taken into custody at approximately 2 p.m. Inside the house, office…
