Thursday, January 20, 2011
Richmond Man Arrested Following Pulaski County Standoff
KENTUCKY....
Thirty-five year old Jason Edward Singleton of Richmond, a man whose wife, Angela, was found dead in a field Wednesday took hostages at a Somerset trucking company Thursday afternoon before he surrendered and police arrested him. Police in Pulaski County arrested Singleton following a standoff in which Singleton held six people hostage while barricading himself inside Super Service, a local trucking company in Somerset Mall. Two hostages managed to escape and the remaining were held at gunpoint for about 15 minutes. Police say the incident began after Singleton crashed a vehicle stolen from Enterprise Drive behind the Somerset Mall near Tucker Ready Mix. Singleton was confronted by Somerset Police and shot with a "less than lethal" bean bag round while trying to flee on foot. Earlier, a security guard at Somerset Mall observed Singleton coming out of a women's bathroom into a hallway and had approached Singleton after getting a report about a man smoking in the mall.
Thirty-five year old Jason Edward Singleton of Richmond, a man whose wife, Angela, was found dead in a field Wednesday took hostages at a Somerset trucking company Thursday afternoon before he surrendered and police arrested him. Police in Pulaski County arrested Singleton following a standoff in which Singleton held six people hostage while barricading himself inside Super Service, a local trucking company in Somerset Mall. Two hostages managed to escape and the remaining were held at gunpoint for about 15 minutes. Police say the incident began after Singleton crashed a vehicle stolen from Enterprise Drive behind the Somerset Mall near Tucker Ready Mix. Singleton was confronted by Somerset Police and shot with a "less than lethal" bean bag round while trying to flee on foot. Earlier, a security guard at Somerset Mall observed Singleton coming out of a women's bathroom into a hallway and had approached Singleton after getting a report about a man smoking in the mall.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:29 PM 
