Mountainside police standoff ends with attempted murder charge for NJ man Erin Vogt Published: October 20, 2025 Tom Ronckovitz is charged with attempted murder after a Mountainside standoff (Essex County jail , Google Maps)

🚔 Police standoff rocks quiet Mountainside neighborhood

🚔 Tom Ronckovitz is accused of firing at officers after hours of failed negotiations

🚔 The 48-year-old faces multiple charges, including attempted murder

MOUNTAINSIDE — A local man has been accused of trying to kill officers, opening fire during a tense, hours-long standoff at a home in a quiet Mountainside neighborhood.

On Saturday afternoon, police were called about a domestic dispute involving a handgun.

Officers found Tom Ronckovitz had barricaded himself within a house on the 200 block of Bri

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