A 24-hour standoff in an Egg Harbor Township neighborhood has ended in the capture of one of the most wanted fugitives for the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office.
The standoff began Thursday morning and lasted into Friday afternoon, leaving the community stunned.Neighbor Gabrielle Tauscher,Toth-Gaetano remarked, "Things like this don’t happen around here, like ever. It was a little unsettling."SWAT officers could be seen for blocks as well as the US Marshall’s Office, as they worked the scene. Investigators were on the lookout for now-captured fugitive Prentiss Baylock, one of the most sought-after fugitives out of the county.
Tauscher,Toth-Gaetano stated, "I noticed there was a lot of police about 9 a.m. coming in and I said, ‘Oh no something is going down. There was like 20 police officers out. They had their SWAT, their flags, their shotguns."Investigators with the Egg Harbor Township Police Department told FOX 29 that Baylock was taken in around 1 p.m. Friday.Tauscher,Toth-Gaetano added, "It’ll be good to know that he’s been dealt with in whatever way they needed to.
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