Woman Arrested After 5-Hour Standoff With Stoughton Officers: PD

STOUGHTON, MA — A Stoughton woman was arrested after a five-hour standoff that began after police said she threatened her neighbor with a BB gun. Police were called to the home in the 400th block of Willow Street just after 4 p.m. Monday, and the situation continued for hours as a SWAT team and crisis negotiators were brought in. Willow Street and Kay Way residents were asked to shelter in place, and police shut down the area to traffic.

Stacien Lewis, 39, was arrested just after 9 p.m., after hours on the phone with negotiators, police said. Police said Lewis exited the house peacefully with her adult son and was taken into custody. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported.

Police said they executed a search warrant at Lewis' house and found a BB gun. Lewis was arrested on an oustanding warrant and was also charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

Stoughton police thanked the Metro-LEC Regional Response team for helping de-escalate the situation and also thanked residents for their patience.

"We would also like to thank the residents of this area for their extreme patience as this was undoubtedly a frightening situation," Lt. John Bonney said in a statement. "Lastly we would like to thank the members of the Stoughton Police Department that not only responded to this scene but to those in our control center who handled this amazingly well, and to those officers who came in from home to answer the calls for service that continued to roll in. This was massive operation and we are thankful it ended without injury or incident."