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• Man Arrested After Short Standoff Play Video

  December 29, 2011 11:12 AM

  Police arrested a man after a 30 minute standoff at a Lexington apartment complex Thursday morning. Police say Miguel Mesa, 25, got into a fight with his mother and sister at the Double Tree Apartments on Meade Court. Investigators say when his mother went to the apartment office to... more »

• Man Charged In Madison Standoff Says He Wasn't There Play Video

  August 18, 2011 5:48 AM

  The man who police say slipped away during a Madison County standoff Tuesday evening says he wasn't even in the county when the incident went down. Police say the standoff started when deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault at a home along Francis Drive. Witnesses say... more »

• Man Escapes During Madison Co. Standoff Play Video

  August 17, 2011 5:36 AM

  Police continue to search for a suspect after he slipped away during a standoff in Madison County Tuesday evening. Officials say the incident started when deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault at a home along Francis Drive. Witnesses say they heard James Nelson arguing with deputies,... more »

• Harrison Co. Standoff Sparked By Apparent Hoax

  July 14, 2011 5:53 AM

  Police in Cynthiana thought they were involved in a standoff with a knife wielding man early Thursday morning. Apparently it was all a hoax. Officials say a man called 911 claiming he had stabbed his girlfriend in the stomach around 3:30 a.m. He told dispatchers he was inside... more »

• Former Campaign Manager Releases Statement On Death Of Former House Candidate Play Video

  July 13, 2011 1:02 PM

  Kentucky Equality Federation president Jordan Palmer released a statement Wednesday, mourning the death of a former state house candidate who shot himself during a standoff with police Palmer served as Mathew Vanderpool's campaign manager in the Kentucky House District 45 race. Vanderpool challenged Republican incumbent Rep. Stan Lee. ... more »

• Police In Anderson Co. Search For Suspect After Standoff Play Video

  May 25, 2011 6:16 AM

  Police in Anderson County continue to search for a man wanted for domestic assault after he slipped away during a standoff Tuesday night. Deputies say they got a call reporting a domestic assault at a home along Beaver Lake Road around 4:45 p.m. A Kentucky State Police trooper and... more »

• Man Arrested After Standoff In Madison County

  September 3, 2010 7:54 AM

  Police in Madison County took a man into custody after a four hour standoff at his home Thursday. Police say a woman who lives at a home along Taylors Fork Road called 911, reporting that her husband attacked her. Investigators say John Friend, 43, assaulted the woman with a pistol... more »

• Police In Standoff At Jessamine County Home

  September 1, 2010 2:02 PM

  Police in Jessamine County were on the scene of a standoff with a suspect Wednesday afternoon. According to the Jessamine Journal, police surrounded a house on S. Third Street in Nicholasville and blocked off from Maple to Broadway and Chestnut to Third Street. Police say they were called to the... more »

• Richmond Police Release Details On Standoff

  August 25, 2010 8:47 AM

  Richmond police arrested a 17-year-old after he pointed a shotgun at officers and then barricaded himself inside a trailer. Police say they got a call reporting a male on the front porch of a mobile home on Big Hill Avenue around 1:26 a.m. When officers arrived, the suspect pointed the... more »

• Police Standoff In Richmond

  August 25, 2010 6:53 AM

  A man barricaded himself inside a trailer in Richmond early Wednesday morning. Dispatchers say the man hunkered down inside a trailer on Big Hill Avenue, keeping police at bay for several hours. Officers were finally able to get the man to come out peacefully and took him into custody around... more »

• Man Charged After Five-Hour Standoff With Lexington Police Play Video

  August 2, 2010 12:43 PM

  A man who locked himself inside his Lexington home for over five hours in a standoff with police while armed with several guns has been charged with growing marijuana and violation of protective order. James Lee Vance surrendered to officers just after 7 a.m. Monday at his home on Della... more »

• Standoff Ends Peacefully Play Video

  August 2, 2010 7:16 AM

  Lexington police say the standoff with an armed man in southwest Lexington has ended. Police say they took the suspect into custody peacefully and quietly just after 7 a.m. Investigators have not released the man's name. more »

• Standoff Continues

  August 2, 2010 7:09 AM

  A standoff between Lexington police and an armed man in southwest Lexington continues. Police say they have arrested a second man who was inside the house on unrelated warrants. A third roommate walked out of the house when the standoff began. Police were originally called to the home along Della... more »

• Armed Man Barricaded Inside Lexington House

  August 2, 2010 5:08 AM

  Lexington police are involved in a standoff with an armed man in southwest Lexington. Police say they were called to Della Drive, off Harrodsburg Road, around 1:45 a.m. after reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found a man standing in a front yard holding a rifle. Police say... more »

• House Speaker Offers New Idea In Budget Standoff

  April 14, 2010 10:15 PM

  FRANKFORT (AP) - Seeking to break a prolonged budget standoff with the Senate, Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo floated a last-minute offer Wednesday night that would hand over authority to the governor to continue funding state government for up to a year. Stumbo's proposal for a so-called continuation budget amounted... more »

• Man Arrested After Woman Threatened With Gun While Sitting In Car Play Video

  February 17, 2010 12:33 PM

  Lexington Police made an arrest late Wednesday morning after a woman said a man attempted to robbed her earlier in the morning as she sat in her car in a parking lot. The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. off Cross Keys Road near Alexandria Drive. Amanda Fayne says she... more »

• Trial Of Man Accused In Lexington Standoff Begins

  January 25, 2010 5:36 PM

  The trial of a man shot by police after he held them at bay for hours in a Lexington neighborhood got underway Monday. Warren Rayburn has since recovered from those injuries. Police say in July 2008, Rayburn refused to put down an assault rifle at a home on Arbor Station... more »

• SWAT Team Called To Louisville Apartment Following Store Shooting

  January 25, 2010 10:29 AM

  (AP) - A Louisville police spokesman says a SWAT team has been called to an apartment in the eastern part of the city after officers tracked down a suspect in a robbery-shooting. Spokesman Dwight Mitchell says the SWAT team was called to the apartment Monday morning after detectives reported hearing... more »

• Two Men Charged After Home Invasion, Police Standoff Play Video

  November 20, 2009 4:47 PM

  Two men suspected in a Lexington home invasion robbery were arrested Friday, one of them after a standoff with police. The standoff lasted for about two hours at an apartment on Fontaine Road. Police say Jeremy Hersey, 23, was arrested without incident after he left the apartment and surrendered. Police... more »

• Police In Standoff With Possible Home Invasion Suspect

  November 20, 2009 10:55 AM

  Police were on the scene Friday at a standoff with someone believed to be connected to a Lexington home invasion robbery earlier Friday morning that left a man injured. The standoff is taking place on Fontaine Road. Police have blocked off the road between Richmond Road and Lakeshore Drive. Police... more »

• Louisville Standoff: Woman's Body Found In House Play Video

  November 13, 2009 7:55 AM

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police in Louisville have found the body of a woman inside a home after a standoff with a man who held a gun to his own head. WAVE-TV reported the incident began late Thursday when police went to a western Louisville nieghborhood to check on the... more »

• Standoff Ends In Lexington

  October 23, 2009 5:15 PM

  Emergency crews said a standoff has ended in Lexington. Lexington police and firefighters were called to a business on Gold Rush Road near New Circle and Nicholasville Road around 1 p.m. Friday. We're told a suicidal man has barricaded himself inside. Just before 5 p.m., police said the individual was... more »

• Emergency Crews On The Scene Of Standoff In Lexington

  October 23, 2009 4:19 PM

  Emergency crews are on the scene of a standoff in Lexington. Lexington police and firefighters were called to a business on Gold Rush Road near New Circle and Nicholasville Road around 1 p.m. Friday. We're told a suicidal man has barricaded himself inside. Authorities said there are no hostages, but... more »

• Man Arrested After Shots Fired During Standoff Play Video

  October 23, 2009 5:23 AM

  Police in Bourbon County said a man was arrested after he barricaded himself in a house and fired a shot at an officer. The standoff began around 11 p.m. Thursday at a house on Ridgeway Drive in Paris. We're told the suspect, Michael Walker, barricaded himself inside and fired a... more »