USA – Machete wielding man arrested Near Satmar synagogue in Lakewood, NJ

Max Sanchez

Lakewood, NJ – Lakewood Shomrim received multiple calls on Monday evening of a suspect chasing and threatening people with a dagger in the area of the Satmar synagogue on Forest Avenue.

Multiple Shomrim members responded swiftly to the scene and maintained a visual on the suspect as the Lakewood Police Department was called in.

The suspect was subsequently arrested at gunpoint and his knife recovered by law enforcement and taken in as evidence.

Officers learned that a male later identified as 22 year old Max Sanchez of Lakewood.

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