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Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police
Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police A man is in police custody following a standoff that lasted several hours in a Target parking in South Whitehall, according to township police.  Authorities said officers were dispatched to the Crest Plaza parking lot on North Cedar Crest Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov., 27 for a report of a suicidal man refusing to get out of his vehicle. South Whitehall police called Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team (MERT) crisis negotiator, who eventually convinced the man to stand down, officials said. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, they added.  On…

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by Mac Bullock
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UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say
Update: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say 7 p.m. UPDATE: A welfare check turned police standoff ended peacefully in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Upper Macungie police and the Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team were called to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street in Allentown on a report of a man in "mental distress," around 10:40 a.m., they said. The unidentified man who had been barricaded in a room eventually exited peacefully, according to police. No further information was provided.

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by Nicole Acosta