A Jefferson County Grand Jury has indicted a Beaumont guy, who in January allegedly took two hostages and threatened to set an apartment on fireplace, causing a SWAT crew reaction that lasted various hrs.
About 10:20 a.m., Beaumont Police officers had been dispatched to the Breakwater Bay Residences in reference to a disturbance.
In accordance to courtroom documents, officers identified the the-42-12 months-aged man experienced entered the condominium of his ex-girlfriend and taken hostage two persons — a person 66-calendar year-aged and a person 25 yr-old.
The suspect explained to the officers that he experienced poured a flammable liquid inside of the condominium and was prepared to light it.
SWAT was then notified and evacuated the fast area.
The hostages ended up launched immediately after many several hours of negotiation.
The suspect was taken to the Jefferson County Jail and booked on two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
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