Girl, 14 being held hostage in New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005Police were seen taking two men away from the scene on Seaman Street in handcuffs at approximately 4:30 p.m. The 14-year-old female captive, along with another woman, were then escorted away from the home where the teen was held since 10 a.m.
The whole thing ended rather nicely.
Police surround home where girl reportedly is held hostage
Dozens of police have surrounded a home in the heart of downtown New Brunswick, where a man allegedly is holding a young girl hostage at gunpoint.Hostage negotiators are on the scene trying to speak with the man, but there has been no word if they have made contact.
Sharpshooters have been deployed in neighboring buildings, and a number of heavily armed police have cordoned off a wide area of downtown New Brunswick, only blocks from the Middlesex County courthouse.
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (AP) — A teenage girl was being held hostage Tuesday in a home, and authorities had the building surrounded, police said.
Police Sgt. Thomas Keefe said police believe that one armed man, and possibly two, was holding the 14-year-old hostage. County hostage negotiators were on the scene, and Keefe said authorities were communicating with a suspect.
The girl had called at 10 a.m. to say that she had been taken hostage, Keefe said.
“Then the fellow in the next room came in and said, ‘Who are you talking to?”‘ Keefe said. He said the man grabbed the phone and told the dispatcher that if police were sent, “I’m going to kill her, going to kill whoever comes in the building and I’m going to kill myself.”
Keefe said it was not clear whether the girl knew the man.
Roads in the area of central New Jersey were shut down.
This is about seven blocks away from my house. I may walk over there and try to get some pics or something.
