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Armed man barricades himself in apartment with kids inside
Posted: 06.15.2012 at 3:35 PM
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MANITOU SPRINGS, COLO. -- Manitou Springs Police officers arrested a drunk man early Friday morning after he barricaded himself in an apartment with a woman and two children inside.

Officers said they went to the Mill Wheel Apartments around #;22 a.m. after someone called them saying 39-year-old Nathan Ownby was drunk and disorderly.

When officers got there, Ownby was not cooperative and, armed with a knife, barricaded himself in the apartment.

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Officers tried negotiating with Ownby but couldn't get him to come out.  Eventually, after securing the woman, officers went into the apartment and arrested him.

The two children, a 3-year-old and a 14-year-old, were not hurt.

Ownby faces menacing and failing to leave the premises charges, as well as a number of misdemeanors.

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