UPDATED at 3:15 PM Stand Off north of Hartford

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Jul 18 2015 1:41 PM

HARTFORD:    Hartford Police and other law enforcement are dealing with a armed barricaded person.

Not much more details at this time. Time of Post 1:39 PM

UPDATED @ 2:49 PM

Stand off continues. Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms is talking with the person at this time.

Reports are possible mental issues and subject has alleged to have made threats to harm himself. Matt is responding for RSN.

UPDATED @ 3:15 PM

The standoff that started around 12:30 pm this afternoon has came to a peaceful ending with the man surindering. Chief Ward and Sheriff Helms and everyone involved did an outstanding job to end the standoff with no-one getting hurt. Hartford Police Chief Ward and other officers and deputies surounded the house while Sheriff Helms went to central dispatch and talked to the man for little over an hour. The man agreed he would surender to Sheriff Helms. Sheriff Helms went back to the scene and called out to the man, the man then walked out the back door and surendered to heriff Helms.

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