A Phillipsburg area man allegedly assaulted another person, threatened them with a gun and then surrendered after a six-hour standoff with police.

Ian M. Walker, 50, is charged with second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose; third-degree making terroristic threats; third-degree certain persons not to possess a weapon and fourth-degree aggravated assault.

Walker was taken to the Warren County jail and currently is awaiting his first appearance in Warren County Superior Court in Belvidere.

The incident unfolded about 4:45 a.m. Friday when Pohatcong Township police were called to a Manor Road home by the victim. Walker and the victim knew each other prior to the alleged assault, authorities said.

Pohatcong Township police, as well as New Jersey State Police’s Tec

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