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Thursday, September 09, 2021

Sounds like ol' Wilbert meant business

ABERDEEN - A five-hour police standoff ended peacefully with an armed suspect in custody, according to a press release by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. 

At around 8:30 a.m. Saturday, the Aberdeen Township Police Department arrived at a home on Wilson Avenue and found Wilbert Hickman, 45, in the garage. According to the press release, Hickman was armed with a machete, a sword, a nail gun and lighter fluid, among other objects.