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Hudson Valley Man Arrested After 8-Hour Armed Standoff With Cops
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On Monday, members of the Ulster County Sheriff s Office and Town of Shandaken Police Department reported the arrest of Thomas B. Sims, 65, of Kingston after an 8-hour stand-off with police.
On Sunday, members of the Ulster County Sheriff s Office, the Ulster County Emergency Response Team, and the Ulster County Crisis Negotiation Team responded to a residence on Creek Side Drive in the Town of Shandaken after receiving a request for assistance from the Town of Shandaken Police Department.
Around 9:45 a.m., the Town of Shandaken Police Department responded to a home on Creekside Drive for a possible burglary in progress. When Shandaken Officers arrived and entered the residence, they encountered Sims on the second floor where he appeared to be armed with a gun, police say.
New York Man Arrested After 8-Hour Armed Standoff With Cops
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On Monday, members of the Ulster County Sheriff s Office and Town of Shandaken Police Department reported the arrest of Thomas B. Sims, 65, of Kingston after an 8-hour stand-off with police.
On Sunday, members of the Ulster County Sheriff s Office, the Ulster County Emergency Response Team, and the Ulster County Crisis Negotiation Team responded to a residence on Creek Side Drive in the Town of Shandaken after receiving a request for assistance from the Town of Shandaken Police Department.
Around 9:45 a.m., the Town of Shandaken Police Department responded to a home on Creekside Drive for a possible burglary in progress. When Shandaken Officers arrived and entered the residence, they encountered Sims on the second floor where he appeared to be armed with a gun, police say.
Apr 13, 2021
Crime
SHANDAKEN – A 65-year-old Kingston man is in the Ulster County Jail after he broke into a house on Creek Side Drive in the Town of Shandaken around 9:45 Sunday night.
Town Police were initially told that a bear might be in the residence, but later received information that there was no animal inside, but rather that a man had broken into the home and was walking around inside.
Officers located the man, identified as Thomas Sims of Kingston, armed with a gun on the second floor. He refused commands from officers and barricaded himself in a room refusing to come out.