Neighborhood near police station was in lock down for hours Friday night
UNION BEACH -- A man was in custody late Friday night following a standoff with police, according to app.com.
A neighborhood around Poole Avenue and Stone Road was locked down as officers tried to negotiate with the man Friday.
Danielle Ponnwitz, who lives near the Dibling Street home where the standoff occurred, told NJ Advance Media police came to her door and asked her to lock up and shut the windows.
"They were talking over the loudspeaker. They were saying 'we're not going anywhere,' 'come out with your hands up,'" said Ponnwitz, adding that she later saw a police officer in a bulletproof vest with a large gun near the house.
Ponnwitz said police later came back to her door around 10 p.m. and told her she and her family needed to evacuate.
Police have been to the address at least once before when the man had barricaded himself inside, shortly after Ponnwitz moved in next door in 2012.
"This is not the first time this has happened," Ponnwitz said from a bowling alley where she and her family waited for police to give the all-clear. "This is the first time we had to evacuate though."
The person was not identified and no charges are expected, app.com also reported.
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