Barricaded woman detained by SWAT team after standoff at Secaucus hotel

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SECAUCUS, N.J. — A woman was taken into custody early Saturday morning following a multi-hour standoff at the Extended Stay Hotel on Meadowlands Parkway, according to the Secaucus Police Department.

Police responded to the hotel at 8:53 p.m. Friday after receiving reports that a woman was behaving erratically and making violent threats, including threats to stab others. Upon arrival, officers said the woman also threatened harm to responding police before barricading herself inside her hotel room.

The Hudson County Regional SWAT team was called in to assist with the incident, which involved an emotionally disturbed person who refused to make contact with officers for more than three hours.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., SWAT officers made entry into the room and…