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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.
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Christian Troy was arrested May 10 by the Manchester Narcotics Enforcement team, police said. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
MANCHESTER, NJ A Burlington County man was arrested and crack cocaine and methamphetamine were seized following a drug investigation, Manchester police said.
Christian Troy, 34, of Browns Mills, was arrested following a traffic stop about 2:30 p.m. May 10 that resulted from a narcotics surveillance operation, Manchester Lt. Vincent Manco said.
The Manchester Narcotics Enforcement Team pulled over Troy s 1998 Mercedes Benz in the area of County Route 571 and Pheasant Street, and officers found Troy had an infant in the car who was not fastened in a child safety seat, Manco said.
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Patrolman Sage Sysol gets his patrol officer s badge pinned by his father as Police Chief Lisa Parker looks on. (Manchester Township Police)
MANCHESTER, NJ The Manchester Township Police Department has a new patrol officer, after a Special Law Enforcement Officer II was promoted Tuesday.
Patrolman Sage Sysol, who joined the Manchester police department in January, was sworn in Tuesday as a patrolman by Mayor Kenneth T. Palmer in front of family and a limited number of police, Lt. Vincent Manco said.
He graduated from Pinelands Regional High School in 2015 and earned his associate s degree from Ocean County College. He is working toward his bachelor s degree through Kean University. Sysol worked as a Special Law Enforcement Officer I in Seaside Heights and SLEO II in Little Egg Harbor Township before he was hired in Manchester.