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Wanted Suspect Arrested After Lengthy Standoff With Santa Rosa SWAT
June 19, 2012
A wanted suspect was arrested after a lengthy standoff with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team.
About 9:30 Sunday night, deputies responded to Stanley Circle in reference to a welfare check. They found that 35-year old Benjamin Shehane was inside the residence, yelling and breaking glass. Shehane had outstanding warrants for his arrest for simple assault, burglary with assault or battery and for cutting off his court ordered ankle monitor.
“Shehane replied to deputies that he was armed, and ‘if you want me, come in and get me’,” according to Sgt. Scott Haines, spokesperson for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. “Shehane was ordered out of the trailer by deputies, and he responded, ‘You will have to kill me’.”
About 25 deputies and the SWAT team surrounded the trailer as Shehane barricaded himself inside.
After negotiations failed, “large amounts” of teargas were deployed inside the residence beginning at about 12:22 a.m. Monday . Shehane eventually surrendered about 2 a.m. Monday. He was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond.
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