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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An off-duty firefighter from New Dorp Beach held his ex-girlfriend and her 5-year-old daughter hostage for several hours inside her Midland Beach home, threatening to shoot them both and decapitate the girl, police allege.
“We’re on lockdown all weekend!” Thomas Taps, 42, told the 39-year-old woman, after getting into her Midland Avenue home through a kitchen window, grabbing her phone, knocking her down, and striking her in the head, according to court papers.
Taps broke in at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, and held her and the young girl prisoner until 4:45 a.m. Friday, according to court papers.