FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - After an hours-long standoff, a suspect who barricaded himself at an apartment was taken into custody.
Fort Lauderdale Police arrived at the scene of the barricaded subject along the 800 block of Northwest 12th Ave., Wednesday.
According to police, the suspect was connected to a robbery in Oakland Park. When they attempted to take him into custody, he ran into his apartment and refused to come out.
During the almost four-hour standoff, SWAT teams used flash bang grenades and even put the suspect’s mother on a loudspeaker in an attempt to get him out of the apartment.
The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Spinsir Easley, appeared in court Thursday morning.
He is being charged with robbery and battery on someone over the age of 65.
Easley is being held on a $13,500 bond.
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