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Centre Township man dies during police standoff

By Josh Sophy, Item Editor

A Centre Township man died following a four-hour standoff Wednesday morning when State Police armed with a felony arrest warrant arrived at his home.

Reading's Troop L Commanding Officer Capt. Steven M. Johnson says the unidentified man barricaded himself into the basement of his home in the 500 block of Plum Road around 6 a.m.

According to Johnson, police and SWAT teams surrounded the property, set several hundred feet off Plum Road. Shortly after arriving, police made contact with an unidentified, adult woman living at the property and escorted her to the State Police Reading barracks for questioning...
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