SWAT standoff caused evacuations Saturday in Yellow Springs

An area designed to make person-to-person exchanges safer is now being offered by the Kettering Police Department. FILE

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An area designed to make person-to-person exchanges safer is now being offered by the Kettering Police Department. FILE
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Dec 25, 2022
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YELLOW SPRINGS — A hours-long SWAT standoff was resolved without injuries Saturday night.

The incident in the 100 block of Brookside Drive started at 2:26 p.m., dispatchers said, when a man barricaded himself inside a home there.

Responding to the scene were multiple law enforcement agencies, including Yellow Springs Police Department, the Greene County Regional SWAT Team, Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Xenia Police Department.

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The man exited the home and surrendered without incident around 6:16 p.m., according to dispatchers. Area residents that were evacuated were then allowed to return to their homes following a 6:37 p.m. notification from police, according to the village.

The resident, whose name has not yet been made available, is in custody and being evaluated, according to the village.

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