3 p.m. UPDATE: The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man following a hourslong standoff today, March 12, at a home in the 4000 block of Crest Drive in House Springs, spokesman Grant Bissell said.
He said the man surrendered at about 2:30 p.m. Sheriff’s Office negotiators and SWAT members were called to the home at about 8:35 a.m. after the man barricaded himself inside.
Bissell said Sheriff’s Office personnel were at the home to investigate an alleged assault that happened overnight.
Bissell would not identify the man or provide additional information about the man. He also would not say if anyone besides the man was inside the home.
Bissell said the Sheriff’s Office will seek charges against the man, but he did not provide further information.
The Leader will provide more information when it becomes available.
ORIGINAL STORY: A man has barricaded himself inside a home in the 4000 block of Crest Drive in House Springs, and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office negotiators and SWAT members have been trying to get him to come out, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bissell said.
The standoff started at about 8:35 a.m. today, March 12. Bissell said Sheriff’s Office personnel had gone to the home to investigate an alleged assault that happened overnight.
Bissell would not identify the man in the home or provide additional information about the man. He also would not say if anyone besides the man was inside the home.
This is an ongoing situation, and the Leader will provide more information when it becomes available.