COHASSET, MASS. (WHDH) - Hours after police issued a shelter in place order for a neighborhood in Cohasset, police arrested the man they say barricaded himself in his home after entering the Cohasset police station with a chainsaw and trying to use the device to break through the security door, officials said.
At 3:40 p.m. Cohasset police issued the order for anyone living within a quarter-mile of Norfolk Road and Cushing Road as they work to get the man to leave his home, where there were two young children present.
Prior to barricading himself inside the home with the children, police say the man entered the police station with a chainsaw and tried to saw through a security door in the lobby. A woman who was at the front desk at the time was able to call for help, prompting him to flee the scene.
Around 8 p.m. police gave the all clear, saying the man was in custody and the children were safe. The man was going to be taken to a hospital for evaluation before being transferred to police custody.
During the nearly six-hour ordeal, the man could be seen acting erratically and throwing things out of the windows of the home at SWAT officers who were trying to negotiate with him.
After not seeing the children for more than an hour, Police Chief William Quigley said the decision was made to go into the home to make sure they were safe.
“It got to the point where it became seriously concerned for the children, we hadn’t heard or seen them in more than 90 minutes, so the decision was made to enter and make contact with the person.”
Quigley said the man resisted arrest and was tazed prior to being taken into custody.
No additional information was immediately available.
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