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Woman In Custody After 6-Hour Standoff In Berks County: State Police Woman In Custody After 6-Hour Standoff In Berks County: State Police
Woman In Custody After 6-Hour Standoff In Berks County: State Police A Berks County woman was taken to an area hospital for a mental health evaluation after a six-hour standoff with state police, authorities say.  It happened in Windsor Township on Tuesday, March 14, officials said in a release. Concerned relatives called troopers to their residence, saying that a family member fired a gun from a bedroom window into the woods outside, police wrote.  Officers helped remove family members from the house and set up a perimeter, the release says. As troopers attempted to make contact with the woman, a state police Special Emergency Response Team (…

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by Mac Bullock
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Standoff That Started At Lehigh County Post Office Ends After Several Hours Standoff That Started At Lehigh County Post Office Ends After Several Hours
Standoff That Started At Lehigh County Post Office Ends After Several Hours A 30-year-old Lehigh County man was hospitalized after an hours-long negotiation that began at a local post office, PA State Police said. Troopers responded to the Germansville Post Office on Memorial Road in Heidelberg around 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, for a man who was harassing customers, authorities said. After the confrontation, a trooper went to the man's home down the street, where the man threatened to kill the trooper and was showing the trooper items in a threatening manner, according to police. Troopers from both the Bethlehem and Fogelsville stations arrived on scene and cr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police
Poconos Man Shot Dead In Armed Standoff With PA State Police A 59-year-old man was shot dead by state police during an hours-long armed standoff in the Poconos, authorities said. Keith Carroll was shot and killed by troopers after he walked out of his Jackson Township home armed with a handgun Thursday, June 23, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called to the home on High Point Drive around 8 p.m. after receiving a 911 call from Carroll's wife, who said her husband is depressed and had locked himself in a bedroom, police said. He was armed with a pistol, she claimed, and was threatening to kill himself and shoot at the police. When…

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by Nicole Acosta