Dynamite threat brings evacuation

Monday, April 12, 2010

Two-hour standoff ends with man in custody

CARUTHERSVILLE -- A man is in custody after he threatened to blow up himself, police officers and his neighbors with dynamite.

At 10:20 p.m. Sunday, Caruthersville Police were called to a residence on 10th Street where a person was threatening suicide. When officers attempted to contact the man, he refused to open the door.

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