05/12/2026
A life likely saved through this Mahwah PD officerโs understanding of domestic violence and diligent response.
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๐๐๐ฅ๐ข: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ป ๐ข๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ
๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ (๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ)
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง: A Mahwah police officer is being hailed a hero for taking care to return a domestic violence victim home from headquarters -- and finding her accused assailant armed with a loaded gun outside her house.
Jason Tyler Butler, 26, of the Catskills town of Wurtsboro, NY, was arrested without incident by Officer Joseph Alvarez with a little help from his colleagues, Mahwah Police Capt. Michael Blondin said.
Butler had fled the scene when officers initially responded to an emergency call at the womanโs home last Thursday (May 7th), the captain told Independent Online News.
Butler had assaulted her twice recently, the woman told them โ getting her in a choke hold both times, restricting her breathing and blood flow.
Complaints charging Butler with aggravated assault were filed, Blondin said today (Mon., May 11th).
The woman also went to police headquarters and obtained a restraining order, he said.
Given what had just happened, Officer Alvarez wasn't taking any chances, the captain said. For her safety he escorted her home after she was done.
The officer found Butler parked outside her house, Blondin said.
Backups arrived instantly and Butler was quickly seized.
In his car they discovered a loaded handgun, along with crack and drug paraphernalia under the center console, the captain said.
Butler โ whoโs listed in criminal records as a U.S.-born American citizen โ was already awaiting trial on domestic violence aggravated assault charges out of Harrington Park last Aug. 22, 2025, records show.
Mahwah police charged him with aggravated assault, simple assault and multiple weapons charges, including possessing a firearm while committing a drug crime.
Authorities declined comment on a report from a reliable source that Butler was stopped from trying to hang himself while in custody.
He has remained held in the custody of Bergen County sheriff's officers at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus since last weekโs arrest in Mahwah.
Heโll have a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack once heโs cleared psychologically.
