Leader Staff
A Cecil man was arrested Friday after a nearly four-hour standoff in the town of Washington.
Authorities responded to a call of a disturbance at the Country Lane Estates mobile home park just after 2 p.m., the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department said.
The initial report indicated that a 44-year-old Cecil man had been involved in a disturbance and subsequently barricaded himself inside one of the manufactured housing units.
Authorities were advised to use caution, as the individual was suspected to be armed with one or more edged weapons.
Attempts by the first responding deputies to establish a verbal dialogue with the suspect went unanswered.
The Shawano County Special Response Team was dispatched to contain the area and assist in gaining the individual’s compliance.
To help ensure the safety of those in the immediate vicinity, the area residents were notified and secured away from any potential threat.
At approximately 5:56 p.m. Shawano County sheriff’s deputies took the subject into custody on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and criminal damage to property.
“I am extremely proud of how my deputies and members of the Special Response Team performed tactically to take this subject into custody without harm to himself or others,” Sheriff Adam Bieber said in a statement.