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Man Arrested After Standoff with State Police

Man Arrested After Standoff with State Police
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Feb. 28, 2015 | CADIZ, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Feb. 28, 2015 | 10:28 AM | CADIZ, KY
A standoff with police ended peacefully in Trigg County Friday afternoon, with a man taken into custody on multiple charges.



Kentucky State Police say they were called to a home on Virginia Circle in Cadiz about 10:38 am, because a woman had allegedly been threatened.



When troopers arrived, they learned that  29-year-old Brandon Skunza of Cadiz was armed, and had reportedly assaulted the woman and threatened to kill her. Police tried several times to communicate with Skunza, but he would not come out of the mobile home, or allow the victim or two children to leave. Police determined that the victim and the children were alive and still in the home, so they began voluntary evacuations of other homes in the neighborhood, while continuing try to speak to the man.



A State Police Special Response team was called to the scene, but before they arrived, Skunza began talking to a State Trooper by telephone about 12:19 pm. He eventually surrendered to police just a few minutes later.



Police entered the home, and the woman and children were taken to Trigg County Hospital for evaluation. Police say the woman was treated for several injuries. Using a search warrant, Troopers collected evidence at the scene, and Skunza was arrested for 4th degree assault, unlawful imprisonment, and drug charges. He was taken to Christian County Jail.



WKDZ radio in Cadiz reports a weapon was accidentally fired at the scene, but it was not Skunza, and it was not related to the incident.



Multiple other law enforcement agencies assisted at the scene, and the Department of Community-Based Services is assisting in the investigation. State Police do not release names of victims of domestic violence.



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