Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Man After SWAT Standoff In Lithonia
The man was an inmate from DeKalb County Jail who had been mistakenly released.
DeKalb County Police arrested a man after a brief standoff at a Lithonia house late Friday afternoon.
According to 11Alive.com, Joel Ledarius Harper was an inmate from DeKalb County Jail who was mistakenly released.
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According to DeKalb County, Harper had barricaded himself inside a Cedar Rock Drive home with a toddler. But after a standoff with police, he was taken into custody shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday.
Earlier Friday, ajc.com reported that DeKalb Sheriff Thomas Brown issued a statement that Harper should be considered "desperate and dangerous."
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Harper, 22, had been convicted of two armed robbery accounts and one count of aggravated assault in August. He was given a 10-year sentence but was released from jail on Nov. 21 due to an administrative error, according to a DeKalb County Jail spokesman.
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