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Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police
Standoff 'Risking Catastrophe' Ends In Lower Paxton: Police A felon who attempted to set his home on fire has been arrested following a stand-off in Lower Paxton Township, area police announced on Sunday, February 12, 2023.  The police had been called to a report of a man destroying his home in the 4200 block of Jonestown Road on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, around 1 p.m., the department explains in the release.  Upon arrival the police found  34-year-old Michael Wayne Benson "had attempted to set the residence on fire earlier in the day and was now to be barricaded himself in his room, holding a shard of glass in his hands," the police s…