SHELBY — A man was arrested Tuesday night and faces felony charges including second-degree kidnapping after a lengthy standoff with authorities at Shelby Ganges Road, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Office.
Brian Adkins, 51, of 1581 Shelby Ganges Road, is in custody as of 6:43 pm after failing to respond to Sheriff’s Deputies, HNT and ASORT/SWAT, the sheriff’s department reported. According to sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Joe Masi, deputies were dispatched to Adkins’ residence after deputies obtained a search warrant and an arrest warrant for Domestic Violence against his wife.
“Law Enforcement negotiators attempted to communicate with Adkins, but he would not comply,” Masi stated in a press release. “SWAT was able to take Adkins into custody and was transported to the Richland County Jail.”
His wife reported to Sheriff’s Deputies that she was assaulted last evening but did not report the incident until this morning when she felt that she could report it, authorities stated. Deputies met her at the hospital where she received treatment.
The press release stated that while at the hospital, the wife’s vehicle, which was parked at her work at a county building on Longview Avenue in Mansfield, was vandalized and there was concern for further threats at her employment by Adkins.
“The building was placed on lockdown until the suspect, Adkins, could be located, which he was located at his residence,” Masi noted in the press release. “The wife had told deputies that he was in possession of a firearm the evening before and had made threats to her against law enforcement if they attempted to take him into custody.”
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by various agencies including Mansfield Police, Ontario Police, the US Marshals and the Shiloh Fire Department.
