Man in custody after police standoff in East Farmingdale home
Police respond to a barricaded person inside a home on Walnut Avenue in East Farmingdale Tuesday. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
Suffolk police said a man was taken into custody after he and police were at a standoff for several hours Tuesday afternoon at a home in East Farmingdale.
Emergency vehicles, armored police vehicles and ambulances were on the street outside the home and a police helicopter had been flying above the scene. Police took the man to a hospital for evaluation after a three-hour standoff.
Police had been called to the home on Walnut Avenue at 11:30 a.m., police said. The street was blocked off with police tape. Police escorted "an adult family member" from the home, police said in release.
Lisa joined Newsday as a staff writer in 2019. She previously worked at amNewYork, the New York Daily News and the Asbury Park Press covering politics, government and general assignment.
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