A 33-year-old Merritt Island man with a lengthy history of armed burglary crimes was taken into custody Tuesday, following a more than 3-hour standoff with Cocoa patrol officers.
A 33-year-old Merritt Island man with a lengthy history of armed burglary crimes was taken into custody Tuesday, following a more than 2-hour standoff with Cocoa patrol officers.
UpdatedThu, Apr 22, 2021 at 3:22 pm ET
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A man wrapped himself in sheets before a SWAT team entered the room he barricaded himself in at Comfort Inn & Suites in Pinellas Park. (Pinellas County Sheriff s Office )
PINELLAS COUNTY A standoff that lasted for about 12 hours with a suspect who barricaded himself inside a hotel room Wednesday night was arrested Thursday morning, Pinellas Park police said.
Walter Brois, 49, had a gun with him inside the Comfort Inn & Suites room on Ulmerton Road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff s Office. Officers were in contact with him through text messages and phone calls for about six hours. At 2 a.m., Brois cut off all contact with police.