Man arrested after nearly 11-hour Christmas Eve standoff with Columbus police
A nearly 11-hour standoff with police ended Christmas Eve with a man arrested on multiple charges at a Columbus apartment complex.
Ticuondre Nelson, 25, was arrested at 5:33 p.m. Friday at Bull Creek Apartments, 17 Creek Way, and taken to the Muscogee County Jail on the following charges, the Columbus Police Department said in a news release:
- Seven counts of aggravated assault on a police officer
- Two counts of false imprisonment
- Three counts of aggravated assault
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,
- Two counts of third-degree cruelty to children
- Home invasion
- Obstruction of law enforcement.
According to the release, police were dispatched to an apartment at 6:46 a.m. in reference to a dispute. A woman told the officers her son had forced his way into the apartment and waived a handgun in a threatening manner.
He wouldn’t let his two siblings leave the residence and wouldn’t comply with police commands to leave the residence, according to the release. A standoff ensued.
“Nelson physically resisted officers’ attempts to place him in custody,” the release stated. “He began to retrieve a handgun while being taken into custody, however the officers successfully disarmed him.”
This story was originally published December 24, 2021 at 11:06 PM.
