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This photo released by the Weld County Sheriff’s Office shows Michael Mendez, 31, who was arrested in Greeley, Colo. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2104. Investigators say the alleged gang member used a toddler as a shield during a standoff with police at the apartment of Mendez's ex-wife. It was reported that Mendez was holding a 18-month-child in one hand and a window frame with broken glass in the other. (AP Photo/Weld County Sheriff’s Office)

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Michael Mendez is seen in an undated photo provided by the New Jersey State Police. A state police gang unit was searching Mendez's Paterson, N.J., apartment for drugs Thursday, Aug. 8, 2012, when detectives found his 44-year-old girlfriend in a locked bedroom. (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police)

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