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MANCHESTER A woman wielding a large kitchen knife while walking to a family member’s house in the Cedar Glen Lakes neighborhood to start a confrontation was taken into custody after a daring intervention by township police officers on Monday, according to authorities.
Margaret Dennis, 74, of the Whiting section, was seen walking in the area of Nevada Drive and Louisiana Way about 12:45 p.m. with the knife which triggered a police response. The woman also stabbed “the hood of an occupied vehicle,” said Lt. Vincent Manco, a police spokesman.
While Patrolman Anthony Iliadis distracted her with conversation, Patrolman Arthur Cronk approached Dennis from behind and was able to disarm the woman by sneaking up behind her and grabbing her hand, Manco said.
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Manchester Township police were able to disarm a woman who was carrying a knife and heading to a family member s home, where she allegedly planned to start a fight, police said. (Shutterstock)
MANCHESTER, NJ A Manchester Township woman was disarmed and arrested Monday after police found her brandishing a knife in the middle of a street, Manchester police said Tuesday. Margaret Dennis, 74, of the Whiting section, was stabbing the hood of an occupied vehicle when police arrived in the Cedar Glen Lakes section about 12:45 p.m., Lt. Vincent Manco said.
Patrolman Anthony Iliadis found Dennis walking down the middle of Arizona Drive holding a large kitchen knife, Manco said. Iliadis asked Dennis several times to drop the knife but she refused. So while Dennis was speaking with Iliadis and distracted, Patrolman Arthur Cronk snuck up on her from behind and was able to grab her hand and take the knife away without hurting himself or Dennis, Manco said.