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LaPORTE — Twice now, a LaPorte man and police found themselves at a standoff.
Instead of pelting him with bean bags this time, police carried Steve Albin, 33, from his home Thursday after he binged on alcohol and pills, they said.
Wednesday night, a call was placed to 911 but nobody was on the other line.
All the dispatcher could hear was a woman screaming and an irate man making threats.
As a precaution, police went to the home at 1203 Ohio St.
Nobody answered the door and the blinds were shut after officers spotted a woman through a window, said LaPorte Police Chief of Detectives Lynn Cains.
All the lights were turned off and repeated telephone calls went unanswered.
For more than six hours, attempts were made to negotiate Albin out of the home, which was surrounded by two dozen officers, Cains said.
'’We wanted to treat this very delicately because we had several lives at stake inside,’’ he said.
Nobody from the home responded until about 1 a.m. when Albin’s sister informed police he had barricaded himself in a downstairs bedroom and was probably unconscious.
Police stormed in and found Albin passed out.
He was arrested on outstanding warrants for intimidation, criminal mischief and harassment. The charges are related to disputes with his ex-wife, Cains said.
Only his sister and mother were in the home.
His ex-wife was at her residence and had received a call from Albin threatening suicide and saying “the police would not take him alive,’’ Cains said.
Whether anyone was held against their will is still being investigated, said Cains.
Over a year ago, police removed Albin from the home by subduing him with bean bags fired from shotguns after a similar standoff.
Cains said the problems stem from a disorder that flares up when Albin doesn’t take his medication and drinks alcohol.
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Sounds like this guy is a time bomb just waiting to go off. What legal steps can/should be taken to prevent a tragedy?
Instead of pelting him with bean bags this time, police carried Steve Albin, 33, from his home Thursday after he binged on alcohol and pills, they said.
Wednesday night, a call was placed to 911 but nobody was on the other line.
All the dispatcher could hear was a woman screaming and an irate man making threats.
As a precaution, police went to the home at 1203 Ohio St.
Nobody answered the door and the blinds were shut after officers spotted a woman through a window, said LaPorte Police Chief of Detectives Lynn Cains.
All the lights were turned off and repeated telephone calls went unanswered.
For more than six hours, attempts were made to negotiate Albin out of the home, which was surrounded by two dozen officers, Cains said.
'’We wanted to treat this very delicately because we had several lives at stake inside,’’ he said.
Nobody from the home responded until about 1 a.m. when Albin’s sister informed police he had barricaded himself in a downstairs bedroom and was probably unconscious.
Police stormed in and found Albin passed out.
He was arrested on outstanding warrants for intimidation, criminal mischief and harassment. The charges are related to disputes with his ex-wife, Cains said.
Only his sister and mother were in the home.
His ex-wife was at her residence and had received a call from Albin threatening suicide and saying “the police would not take him alive,’’ Cains said.
Whether anyone was held against their will is still being investigated, said Cains.
Over a year ago, police removed Albin from the home by subduing him with bean bags fired from shotguns after a similar standoff.
Cains said the problems stem from a disorder that flares up when Albin doesn’t take his medication and drinks alcohol.
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Sounds like this guy is a time bomb just waiting to go off. What legal steps can/should be taken to prevent a tragedy?
