Suspect From Rockland Police Standoff Being Held Without Bail

HINGHAM, MA — The Rockland man police said barricaded himself his home, fired shots at his son and threatened to shoot police is being held without bail.

Richard Blaikie, 68, was arraigned in Hingham District Court Tuesday. He was charged with three counts of attempted murder, armed assault in a dwelling, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, ammunition possession without a firearm identification card, disorderly conduct,three counts of having a defaced weapon in a comission of a felony, and three counts of having a large capacity firearm.

Blaikie is scheduled to be in court again Dec. 3 for a dangerousness hearing.

Police said Blaikie was angry last Friday after going in for a mental health check and being denied a medication he requested from a doctor. Police said he had been drinking when he fired the gunshot in his home on Chestnut Circle.

A neighbor told WBZ-TV the bullet whizzed right over his head after going through the suspect's wall.

Police said Blaikie's son and daughter were home when he fired his gun. They said he shot in the direction of his son, but no one was hurt. Blaikie's family told Rockland Police Chief John Llewellyn that he was threatening to shoot police.

Blaikie then barricaded himself and refused to come out. Neighbors close by were evacuated by state police. Other area homes were put under a shelter-in-place.

A SWAT team assisted local police on scene, and police said after a phone call with a family member, Blaikie surrendered.

The state bomb squad, after Blaikie was taken into custody, searched his home and said they found potential bomb-making materials.

Blaikie was evaluated at a hospital and taken to Plymouth County Correctional Facility prior to his arraignment.

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