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Police end Auburn standoff peacefully
AUBURN — A standoff on Turner Street ended peacefully Monday when police arrested a man who had barricaded himself in his house.
Police were called to 302 Turner St. shortly after 1 p.m. by a neighbor.
When police arrived, Philip Blais, 29, ran from the driveway back into the house, saying he was going to get a gun.
Police tried to talk to Blais, but he refused and gestured at police through a window, according to police radio communications. Calls to his cell phone went to voice-mail, according to radio traffic.
Police surrounded the house, guns drawn, ducking as they ran past first-floor windows. They tried to enter the front door, but it was locked. All of the doors had been barricaded with chairs.
Shortly after 1:30 p.m., officer James Phillips broke down a door at the back of the building. He and an Androscoggin County Sheriff's Department deputy chased Blais upstairs, where they captured him as he tried to hide in a closet, Lt. Michael Lemay said. Police escorted Blais, his hands cuffed behind his back, to a waiting police cruiser parked on Turner Street.
"We were concerned he might have a weapon," Chief Phillip Crowell Jr. said. Police searched the home for firearms. Police found one round on Blais and a box of ammunition that appeared to belong to a 9-mm gun, Lemay said.
Blais was arrested for domestic violence assault and was expected to be charged on that offense and possibly others, Lemay said. Blais also would be cited for creating a standoff, a civil violation.
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i know this kid
i know this kid personally...hes my stepson or x stepson,me and his mom have been seperated for at least 9 years.....thought he had straightened out.....guess not by the looks of this....
didn't look to me as though
didn't look to me as though the police were very cautious around the house and windows.
AS I SEE IT, by Mainer Mike
AS I SEE IT, by Mainer Mike Brown
Why anyone would want to have to deal with situations like this by working in the law enforcement field is beyond me.
But that's what makes the world go around.
good job auburn police
good job auburn police better than swat at ending this
verified Glad things worked out OK.
Glad things worked out OK. Wondering who wrote this story. It sounds more like a narrative to a dime store paperback crime novel then a news report.
I suggest you proofread your
I suggest you proofread your own posts before nit-picking Sun-Journal’s articles. Troll.
The newspaper needs to be
The newspaper needs to be held to a higher standard than any old schmoe typing on their blog. That said, I appreciate that you used the correct word for "nit". Most people get it wrong!
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