Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Armed man lets hostage go, surrenders to police
BY JANICE MORSE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
UNION TOWNSHIP — An unidentified man freed a female hostage from his Fountains Boulevard home Monday evening and surrendered a few hours later.
Police said the man was armed. He was not injured.
Dozens of residents arrived home from work and found police cruisers and news crews blocking the streets of their West Chester neighborhood.
“At first I thought the president was here ... or maybe it was a bomb scare,” said Neal Rothchild, as he drove his car onto nearby Kennesaw Drive. “I never would've expected a hostage situation. This is a nice area; people here are nice people.”
Many homes on Fountains Boulevard, Mr. Rothchild estimated, are valued at $300,000 and more.
Police were called to the 6400 block of Fountains Boulevard around 1:45 p.m., and initially five people were in the house, police said. Three people escaped.
Police released no information about the relationships among those involved nor about the circumstances leading to the situation.
Officers received reports that the man, said to be in his 20s, owned guns.
Police blocked off surrounding areas and didn't allow residents who lived closest to return to their homes.
Around 5:15 p.m., Union Township Police Capt. John Bruce announced that the man, said to be in his 20s, had been persuaded by negotiators to free the hostage and was alone in the house.
Two other men, who told police they were close friends of the man inside the house, paced Kennesaw Drive anxiously. They refused to talk to reporters.
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