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Police kill man holding children hostage in New Jersey

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:07:56 MDT

Police kill man holding children hostage in New Jersey

the Associated Press

Updated May 12, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Trenton, N.J. • Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recovering the bodies of the captives’ mother and another sibling, authorities said. Officers initially went to the South Trenton home Friday afternoon after a relative of 44-year-old Carmelita Stevens said she hadn’t spoken to her in weeks and was worried, authorities said at a news conference Sunday. Upon...

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9-year-old boy found riding bike on Utah freeway

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:47:37 MDT

9-year-old boy found riding bike on Utah freeway

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 12, 2013 11:47PM MDT

A 9-year-old Salt Lake City boy found riding his bike on Interstate 215 late Friday night was not identified until Saturday night, when police were put in contact with his mother. A couple driving on the freeway spotted the boy around 11:30 p.m., according to West Valley City Sgt. Trudy Cropper. The couple picked the boy up and took him to a nearby convenience story ay 3500 South and Redwood Road, where they flagged down a police officer. Cropper said the boy did not know his last name or where...

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New Jersey cops: Gunman in dayslong standoff has hostages

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:54:12 MDT

New Jersey cops: Gunman in dayslong standoff has hostages

By REMA RAHMAN The Associated Press

Updated May 11, 2013 12:54PM MDT

Trenton, N.J. • A standoff with an armed man who police said took multiple hostages entered its second day Saturday as authorities worked to negotiate his surrender and his captives’ safe release. The man, whose identity has not been released, remained holed up in a two-story red brick house in South Trenton more than 22 hours after the standoff began Friday afternoon, authorities said. Trenton police Lt. Stephen Varn declined to give any details on the number of people being held, their ages or...

Man dies after 200-foot fall in canyon near Moab

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:30:21 MDT

Man dies after 200-foot fall in canyon near Moab

By Anne Wilson The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 6, 2013 12:30PM MDT

Grand County authorities say a man who fell 200 feet after swinging from a rope in Day Canyon on Sunday has died. The man was swinging with a woman from a rope attached to a cable stretched across the canyon, which is near the Gemini Bridges area northwest of Moab, Grand County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Darrel Mecham said. After the couple finished swinging and reached the canyon wall, they planned to rappel down to the canyon floor. But as the man was getting out of the swing harness, he fell, ac...