‘Joke’ leads to hostage standoff

SWAT team members breach the front door to put a gas canister into the home. Photo: Bradford County Sheriff’s Office.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— An encounter with a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver escalated into a confrontation with deputies and a standoff with a SWAT team in Melrose. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith said deputies eventually resorted to tear gas to force Ryan Cain Newell from his Midway-area home on Thursday, January 5.…

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