Crime & Safety
Burglary-Turned-Barricade Situation Ends With 1 In Custody: Police
Philadelphia Police said a man barricaded himself in a home Sunday morning, but was eventually taken into custody without incident.
PHILADELPHIA — A man was taken into custody after Philadelphia Police said he broke into a business then holed up in a nearby home Sunday.
Police were called to the Metro PCS store at 6901 Stenton Ave. at about 6:35 a.m. Sunday for a report of burglary in progress.
There, they found a man running from the area and said he barricaded himself in a home on the 6700 block of Cornelius Street, where he is suspected to live.
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Police declared the barricade situation at 6:58 a.m. and staged at Cornelius Street and Beverly Road.
The man was eventually taken into custody without incident.
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Police are investigating.
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