NEWFIELD — When a federal law enforcement task force set up a plan to arrest a suspect on Route 40 near Downstown Airport Tuesday, it was learned the man lived in Newfield, so borough police set up a perimeter around his house in case he showed up there.
It was local police, not the county SWAT team as was erroneously reported on soem social media sites, said Police Chief Ed Seibert.
Police were told the suspect drove a silver vehicle, but police never spotted it or the suspect. Seibert said he was later informed the man and his attorney had a conversation with the federal agents, who may have been from the FBI.
There was no standoff, no shooting, no gun taken from a police officer.
"There was no incident in Newfield," Seibert said.