Prince is currently in the Montgomery County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 24.
Prince is being charged for an incident Dec. 9, when Butler Twp. police were called to the Red Roof Inn at 7370 Miller Lane just after 10 a.m. Police said in a release that management called officers to trespass a man for making threats with a knife.
Police said they tried to contact the man in one of the hotel rooms, but he refused to open the door and threatened to shoot officers. After 45 minutes of trying to get the man to give himself up, the release said, officers requested the Montgomery County Regional SWAT and Hostage Negotiation Team to respond.
Crews negotiated with the man over “numerous phone calls” over several hours, the release said, but finally, SWAT “introduced copious amounts of tear gas to the motel room through the front windows.”
In an affidavit filed with Vandalia Municipal Court, police said that they also fired pepper balls into the room before breaching the door and shooting Prince with “less-lethal munitions.”
Police said they arrested him and took him to Miami Valley Hospital to be evaluated for the gas exposure.
Alcohol or drug use could have been a factor in the standoff, police said.
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