COPPER CITY, MI-- A Houghton County man was arrested Thursday morning after a nearly 12-hour standoff with police.
Troopers from the Calumet Post were called to a residence on Gratiot Street in Copper City after the suspect threatened a public works employee Wednesday around 9:30 a.m.
The suspect was still barricaded in his home and making threatening statements toward police at 9 p.m. when the MSP Emergency Support Team was summoned. Negotiations continued until the man surrendered and was taken into custody around 6:20 Thursday morning. The suspect’s name is being withheld, pending arraignment.
The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department, Mercy Ambulance, and American Red Cross assisted at the scene.