Southern Pines Police took a suspect into custody after a two and half-hour standoff at Creston Commons apartments off Felton Capel Lane.
The standoff began around 4 p.m. on Wednesday when detectives, with assistance from the U.S. Marshalls Service, arrived to serve an arrest warrant on Keishawn Brown, 21, and he barricaded himself in the attic on the third floor.
Keishawn Brown/Photo via Southern Pines Police Department.
According to Southern Pines Police Chief Nick Polidori, detectives attempted to serve a warrant for statutory rape. The family denied he was in the apartment, but the detectives knew he was there. Brown had worked his way into the attic space above the apartment in an attempt to evade arrest.
Authorities on scene at Creston Commons apartments where a man hid in an attic to evade arrest on Nov. 2, 2022.
Detectives tried to get Brown to surrender. After unsuccessful attempts, they called in members of their special response team.
The team tried to talk him out of the attic, but once Brown broke contact with the police, they deployed chemical munitions in the attic. Then the team went into the attic and took him into custody. Neither Brown, nor the officers were injured.
Brown was arrested and charged overnight with two counts of statutory rape, two counts of indecent liberties with a minor, and resist, delay and obstruct a public officer. According to Moore County Detention Center, the incident date for the allege sex crimes was listed as Sept. 19.
His bond was set at $652,000. He is due in court on Nov. 16 and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
~Article and feature photo by Sandhills Sentinel Publisher B.J. Goodridge.
