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Police Standoff Ends With Arrest In Lehigh Valley Police Standoff Ends With Arrest In Lehigh Valley
Police Standoff Ends With Arrest In Lehigh Valley A four-hour barricade ends with a man in state police custody, according to authorities.  Lehigh County Sheriff's deputies were called to "serve a domestic relations warrant" on a resident of the 2500 block of Waynesborough Court, Lower Macungie Township, around 10:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 7, troopers said in a release.  When they arrived, the 54-year-old subject of the warrant "made threatening comments," causing the deputies to leave the home and call for backup, state police said.  Troopers from Fogelsville Station responded and set up a perimeter around the home…

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by Mac Bullock
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Barricaded Gunman Arrested In Poconos: State Police Barricaded Gunman Arrested In Poconos: State Police
Barricaded Gunman Arrested In Poconos: State Police An armed standoff with a gunman in Carbon County ended peacefully on Thursday after state police took the suspect into custody, according to authorities.  It happened in Lower Towamensing Township just after 11 a.m. on June 22, troopers said in a release. Police were called to a residence for a reported assault in progress but spotted an armed suspect retreat into the house when they arrived, officials wrote.  The state police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was deployed and arrested the suspect "without further incident," troopers said.  Jeremy Scott Lutz, 41, of Kun…

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by Mac Bullock