A 10-hour standoff in rural Douglas County ended Friday night when sheriff's deputies took the man into custody - but with the fires blazing at house and barn where he had kept authorities at bay.
The resolution to the standoff came around 11 p.m. The fires were under control by early Saturday morning, though one structure had reportedly suffered a partial collapse.
Douglas County Sheriff's deputies had spent the day surrounding the residence south of Lawrence, east of Pleasant Grove Hill. Several area township fire departments have been called to standby for service.
Douglas County Sheriff's Lt. Kari Wempe said officials received a call around 1 p.m. about a situation at the residence. She said deputies are in contact with an individual at the residence.
"We are trying to work with him and figure out how to help him," Wempe said at mid-afternoon.
Further details were unavailable.
Deputies blocked access to East 1375 Road from County Road 460. The Kansas Highway Patrol was also on scene, with crews from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical and Willow Springs Township Fire Department waiting nearby.
More details as they develop.
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Andini (anonymous) says…
Don't you live near Pleasant Grove Marion?
Gootsie (anonymous) says…
SWAT teams have been called.
FatTony (anonymous) says…
Meth Lad, Meth Lab, Meth Lab
UnderCoverMom (anonymous) says…
Word on the street is... man in the house is very disturbed, holding his family hostage & making threats to kill everyone inside and blow up the house.
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cooonrod (anonymous) says…
not meth lab.... this is high dollar residence area. hope the Lawrence police do not believe they should KILL someone depressed as they have done before. You see this on KC news .. standoffs all the time. very seldom do the KC police have the stupid idea best way to keep someone from killing themselves , SHOOT Them????
another_concerned_parent (anonymous) says…
The LPD did not "believe they should KILL someone depressed as they have done before". They did not want to shoot the woman in question. You should really have your facts straight before you make a comment like that. Sometimes they are left with no other options.
shockchalk (anonymous) says…
Thanks coonrod.........It's so nice to know that meth only affects those in low dollar residential areas. What a stupid thing to say. The article is a little thin for everyone to assume what this is or isn't about so maybe we should just hope for the best. He is obviously upset about something and most of you act like you hope something dreadful happens so you can start making comments.
another_concerned_parent (anonymous) says…
I am praying for the safety of the family, including the man, and the law enforcement officers involved .
Gootsie (anonymous) says…
Who lives there?
Godot (anonymous) says…
Isn't that near a Christmas tree farm?
Oracle_of_Rhode (anonymous) says…
C'mon out, Mr. Hack!
toefungus (anonymous) says…
Hack? It is a sad situation, but a very funny comment.
Pywacket (anonymous) says…
No updates, all these hours later? Anybody know if they're still in a standoff? Hope the situation has been defused--and with no casualties.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…
Marion,
What's up out there?
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
warmer,
I have a working scanner, haven't learned much. I did learn that they were mad at channel 5's chopper and told them to move off. think situation has eased but only inferring that.
God grant safety to all, including LEo's family and the man himself.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
correction, its NOT resolved yet.
allateup (anonymous) says…
I have a scanner....and early this afternoon I heard that there was a suicidal man and he had diesel fuel and was threatening to set things on fire....that's all I heard
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
he's in custody, a fire needs to be put out. thnk god no leo's were hurt it seems.
Crispian (Crispian Paul) says…
So today, I came home from the grocery store around 5 pm only to find my girlfriend at our house. She lives right near this person, strangely enough, seeing as how this is a pretty widely dispersed housing area. Correction though, this particular neighborhood is not partilcularly a "high dollar area". Just normal people. She was unable to go home because of this sitiuation. She did say she felt badly for the person there because he seemed to be a nice guy (p.s. it is a male people). At any rate, all of your speculation adds nothing to this until it is learned what has happened. But yes, thankfully no one was hurt, particularly the people in the nearby homes, which some news agencies mistakenly reported were empty, to our surprise. Anyhow, my friend just sent us a photo of the fire....it's quite a lot of fire and this is a recent photo, I think.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…
"Marion (Marion Lynn) says:
Mr_Ramiez:
Kiss my Heinie a++!"
Another classic comment from outingbulkerbiz. Could you post some song lyrics now?
softtalker (anonymous) says…
None of you actually know the family, there were NO hostages, no one was hurt. I have known this family for about 4 going on 5 years now, and they have always welcomed me with open arms. None of you actually know the real situation this article pretty much just tells you the gist. Seriously if you have nothing better to say then don't say anything, things happen and its taken care of. I love this family and this won't change anything.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
just glad everybody walked away from this one. the law enforcement agencies displayed lots of patience and care. good job.
crazyleaflady (anonymous) says…
another_concerned_parent: 'The LPD did not "believe they should KILL someone depressed as they have done before". They did not want to shoot the woman in question.'
I think the writer was speaking of another incident many years ago where a mother called the LPD because her depressed son was threatening suicide. He had a knife (with which, presumably, he was going to kill himself) so they shot him and killed him. Someone can correct me if I have the story wrong.
crazyleaflady (anonymous) says…
Details on above-mentioned LPD incident:
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/...
KcSlumper (anonymous) says…
i know this man and his family. this had nothing to do with a meth lab.
Darryl is a great guy that is aliitle confused right now.