Man, 85, charged after standoff in Monroe County
Police block off Kuhenbeaker Road in Blakeslee because of a standoff. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
A standoff in Monroe County ended with the arrest of a Blakeslee man.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police said at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday officers were dispatched to 203 Kuhenbeaker Road, Blakeslee, in Tunkhannock Township, for a report of a suicidal person.
On scene officers entered the home and found Edward Clarke, 85, of that address, with a gun to his head and demanding officers leave.
Officers began to negotiate with Clarke to have him disarm, but he threatened the officers and discharged a round from the gun in the home.
Officers evacuated the home and continued with negotiations. At 6:36 p.m. the department’s SWAT unit was able to take Clarke into custody. He was charged with aggravated assault, a felony, and terroristic threats, a misdemeanor.
Pocono police were assisted by the Scranton bomb team, Tunkhannock Township Fire Company and Pocono Mountain Regional EMS unit.
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