Crime & Safety

Wanted Fugitive Surrenders from Brandon Apartment After Standoff, SWAT Called

The 26-year-old was wanted on murder and robbery warrants from Louisiana, officials said. [BREAKING]

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL – A man from Louisiana, wanted on first-degree murder and armed-robbery warrants, was arrested Monday at a Brandon apartment, law enforcement said today.

Thomas Fefee, 26, wanted by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana, at first refused to come out of the apartment on the 800 block of Tealwood Drive when contacted by Hillsborough Sheriff's Office deputies, who were attempting to take him into custody, the agency said.

SWAT was called to the scene, as well as crisis negotiators, and after several hours, Fefee surrendered and was arrested on the Louisiana warrants, officials said.

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