Crime & Safety

Off-Duty NJ Cop Arrested After 10-hour Standoff

Clifton officer exchanges gunfire with Pa. police

An off-duty police officer from Clifton, NJ, was escorted from the back of a Doylestown Township, Pa., police car shortly after midnight Sunday after a 10-hour armed standoff that forced neighbors to evacuate their homes in this affluent suburb of Philadelphia.

Klementovich remained silent as officers ushered him into the police department where he would be booked to face at least 13 charges of criminal attempted homicide and reckless endangerment.

About a half hour earlier, Klementovich had surrendered without incident to officers on the front lawn of his estranged wife's home at 25 Bittersweet Drive in the Doylestown Lea neighborhood of Doylestown Township.

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As police began the booking process at their headquarters on Wells Road, some families began filtering back into the neighborhood just down the street, where police say Klementovich held them at bay for 10 hours with an undisclosed number of rifles, a reported 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and a gas mask.

Klementovich, 42, was scheduled to be arraigned by video at 4 a.m. Monday on 13 counts of criminal attempted homicide and reckless endangerment.

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"There’s a chance that as the investigation unfolds additional charges may be added at a later time," Doylestown Township Police Chief Dean Logan said at the conclusion of the standoff.

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