Seekonk Police Standoff: Suspect Surrenders

SEEKONK, MA — A sex offender who kidnapped a woman and barricaded the pair in a Seekonk motel Tuesday surrendered after an eight-hour standoff, police said. Jaron Albanese, 31, of Swansea, faces a host of charges.

Police said the ordeal started at about 12:30 a.m. at the Seekonk Taco Bell on Commerce Way. Albanese was the passenger in a vehicle driven a woman; an officer pulled the vehicle over because it had a defective taillight. Albanese, who had a warrant out of Fall River, then fled on foot, police said. He led the officer in a circle back to the car, where he dove in, pulled out a knife, and forced the woman to drive off, leaving the officer behind, police said. They drove to Mary's Motor Lodge on Fall River Avenue, where Albanese forced the woman to hole up in a room, police said. A standoff stretched nearly eight hours; Albanese gave up the woman and surrendered a short time later, according to Police Chief Craig Mace.

Mace said Albanese will be charged with kidnapping, assault, violating a restraining order, resisting arrest, and failure to register as a sex offender.

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