Mayor George Tourville thanked the police department for safely resolving a standoff with an armed Inver Grove Heights man.
Mayor George Tourville spoke with Inver Grove Heights Patch about the six-hour, late December standoff between police and an armed, possibly suicidal man who holed up in a home on the 8000 block of Claymore Avenue East. Tourville thanked the city's police department for safely resolving the situation.
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Joseph John Gallahue, 20, was charged with a felony dangerous weapons crime following the Dec. 28 incident.
Follow Inver Grove Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter Bail remains at $150,000 for the 20-year-old Inver Grove Heights man arrested following last week's police standoff. A bond hearing was held Friday morning in Hastings for Joseph John Gallahue, who allegedly was holed up with a gun in a residence for six hours on Dec. 28. Gallahue has been charged with a felony dangerous weapons crime, according to court records. The court ruled to keep his bail for release from the Dakota County Jail at $150,000 without conditions, or $100,000 with conditions, which include not using or possessing a firearm and not leaving the state without written permission. Gallahue can be furloughed to a "locked down …
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The incident unfolded Friday near the intersection of 80th Street East and Claymore Avenue East. Audio clips are courtesy of Police Clips.
Update, 5:10 p.m.: About six hours after police first arrived at an Inver Grove Heights home, a standoff with an armed, possibly suicidal, man has been resolved, according to police scanner reports. Audio has been added to this article, courtesy of Police Clips. A SWAT team entered the home on the 8000 block of Claymore Avenue East and detained the suspect, according to to police scanners. Update, 4:40 p.m.: As of 4:15 p.m. Friday, Inver Grove Heights Police were still involved in a standoff with an armed man at a home in Inver Grove Heights on the 8000 block of Claymore Avenue East. Police believe the adult male inside the residence is possibly suicidal. Police responded to a 911 call from the residence at 11:01 a.m. The caller requested…
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8:29 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
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