A SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY AFTER A STANDOFF WITH POLICE IN CAMBRIA COUNTY.
NEWS REPORTS INDICATE POLICE ARRESTED AN UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO KIDNAP SOMEONE IN THE OAKHURST HOMES SECTION OF JOHNSTOWN YESTERDAY. POLICE REPORT THAT THE SUSPECT HELD THREE PEOPLE HOSTAGE INSIDE OF THE HOME. A TEENAGER WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE SITUATION, RAN AND CALLED 911 FOR POLICE. NONE OF THE HOSTAGES WERE INJURED, AND THE SUSPECT WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. STUDENTS FROM JOHNSTOWN AREA SCHOOLS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA WERE HELD AT SCHOOL UNTIL THE SITUATION WAS RESOLVED. THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.
