It took four hours and the tactical unit, but Greater Sudbury Police managed to extricate a Sudbury man wanted on numerous outstanding warrants from his apartment on Tuesday night.
Around 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 21, GSPS attended a residence on Bruce Avenue in Cambrian Heights regarding a man who was wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants.
Police said when officers arrived at the residence, the 47-year-old man barricaded himself inside and caused significant damage to the home. This triggered a call to the GSPS Tactical Unit, which was called out to assist and set up a perimeter.
Tactical officers tried to convince the man to give himself up and leave the residence, but he continually refused, GSPS reported.
Finally, at about 8 p.m. and nearly four hours into the standoff, tactical unit officers ended the incident by entering the building and arresting the man.
No one was injured during this incident.
The Greater Sudbury resident faces a charge of resisting a peace officer, two counts of failing to comply with a recognizance and one count of mischief over $5,000.
In addition to those new charges, the man also faces the charges for which warrants were issued and which led to him barricading himself in the residence.
Those charges include three counts of dangerous driving, three counts of breaching a recognizance, and one count each of fail to stop at an accident, mischief under $5,000 and theft under $5,000.
The man, who police have not named, was in bail counrt on Nov. 22 to answer to the charges.
