Crime & Safety
Barricade Situation Resolved In Montgomery County: Reports
An armed man who reportedly barricaded himself a local home has been taken into custody.

UPPER POTTSGROVE, PA — An armed man who reportedly barricaded himself a local home has been taken into custody.
The incident started at around 9 a.m. on the 1300 block of Meadowview Drive in Upper Pottsgrove Tuesday, according to authorities.
6ABC first reported a male suspect refused to come out of the home.
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Reports later clarified that the suspect let three adults leave the home, but kept his five-year-old child there with him.
SWAT negotiators were able to get the man to come out shortly thereafter. The child was never harmed, according to WFMZ.
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There is no word of any injuries.
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