Misdelivered package sparks gun threat, two-hour SWAT standoff in Florida
A Florida man was arrested following a standoff with the police after he allegedly threatened an Amazon driver with a gun over a misdelivered package. Police said the suspect, George Manuel Mandes, 57, barricaded himself inside his Wilton Manors condominium apartment on Thursday afternoon before they were able to convince him to turn himself in.
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A Florida man was arrested following a standoff with the police after he allegedly threatened an Amazon driver with a gun over a misdelivered package. Police said the suspect, George Manuel Mandes, 57, barricaded himself inside his Wilton Manors condominium apartment on Thursday afternoon before they were able to convince him to turn himself in. Security video footage from a home at the Manor Grove Apartments complex showed the Amazon delivery driver placing a package in front of Mandes’ door. He then looked around and picked up the package after noticing he had the wrong address, and proceeded to deliver it to the correct unit.
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- A Florida man was arrested following a standoff with the police after he allegedly threatened an Amazon driver with a gun over a misdelivered package. Police said the suspect, George Manuel Mandes, 57, barricaded himself inside his Wilton Manors condominium apartment on Thursday afternoon before they were able to convince him to turn himself in.
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