A Hackensack man remained behind bars Monday after attempting to strangle someone, then barricading himself inside his apartment with a 6-year-old child and a gun, police in the northern New Jersey city said.

The child was unharmed in the incident, which unfolded Saturday when a 911 caller informed police at about 8:40 p.m. that Kevin M. Lovett, 50, had choked someone and threatened the person with a knife, according to the Hackensack Police Department.

The victim was outside with a small cut to the neck when police arrived, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. She refused treatment and directed police to the apartment.

When it was all over, Lovett was in Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault by strangulation, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse, and two cou

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