Police Take Barricaded Man Into Custody

As previously reported by Patch, police have taken a man who barricaded himself inside of a Carriage Lane home into custody.

Kenneth Lack, commanding officer for the Nassau County Police Department Public Information Office, told press at 2:45 p.m. Monday that the suspect has been taken into custody.

Lack said the suspect is at the Nassau University Medical Center for evaluation.

According to police, Second Precinct police officers responded to a home on Carriage Lane to check on the welfare of a resident at approximately 8 a.m.

Upon arrival, the 62-year-old male resident refused to open the door for police or to exit the home.

Believing the male was a danger to himself and others, Crisis Negotiation, Emergency Services Unit and the Bureau of Special Operations responded to the scene.

After several hours the male was taken into custody and removed to a local hospital for evaluation.

No injuries were reported, and there were no other persons in the residence. No weapons were recovered from the home and no charges are pending.

According to Lack, the suspect refused to talk to police throughout the incident, even after planting several electronic communication devices in the house.

When the SWAT team was planting an additional electronic communication device in the home, they were able to see the suspect and engage him in conversation.

Police were able to get him out of the house and take him into custody soon after.

Summit Lane Elementary School and Division Avenue High School were locked out as a precautionary measure. That lockout was lifted at approximately 2 p.m.

Carriage Lane was blocked to traffic along Jerusalem Avenue. It was also closed at the intersection of Long Lane.