MAYNARD — Police Chief Michael Noble reports that the Maynard Police Department peacefully deescalated a standoff involving a man barricaded inside a home on Elm Court on Sunday.
At about 12:29 p.m., Maynard Police were called to a house at 7 Elm Court on a report that a 20-year-old male was destroying objects and was armed with a hatchet. Other occupants exited the home safely.
The male then barricaded himself inside.
Officers arrived on scene and called for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) support, and crisis negotiator Sgt. Trista Manchuso. Sgt. Manchuso helped to bring the subject out of the house, allowing officers to take the subject into custody.
Maynard Police, with the assistance of Sgt. Manchuso, and the mutual aid support of the Northeast Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC), Acton Police, and Stow Police, were able to bring the situation to a peaceful conclusion at about 2:03 p.m.
The investigation into this incident remains active and ongoing. The individual will be facing criminal charges.
(No further information will be released at this time. Further inquiries should be directed to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.)
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