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© Reena Rose Sibayan / The Jersey Journal

WEST NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 -- Jose R. Alvarez is arrested by

West New York Police after a hostage situation on 67^th Street.

AS SEEN IN THE JERSEY JOURNAL

West New York Police and Hudson County Sheriff's Officers SWAT team approach

the house on 67th Street in West New York where a hostage situation unfolds.

A sniper takes aim on a roof across the street from the house where Alvarez is holding an 80-year-old man hostage.

The hostage is taken away on a stretcher after he escaped from his captor who dozed off during the standoff.

West New York Police and Hudson County Sheriff's

Officers SWAT team prepare to enter the house.

Alvarez is put on a stretcher after being arrested.