Arlington Hostage Situation Forces Families to Evacuate Homes
By: NBC DFW
Updated: February 22, 2013
Arlington police arrested a man after a seven-hour-long hostage situation caused four homes in the area to be evacuated early Friday morning.
Four homes in the area of Windy Pine Lane in Arlington were evacuated while SWAT units and other officers tried to communicate with a man and a woman inside a home at 2500 Windy Pine Lane.
The situation ended around 8 a.m. Friday when SWAT units entered the home and used a Taser to apprehendthe young man said to be involved in this incident.
Cory Allen Black, of Arlington, was arrested and is facing charges of unlawful restraint, unlawful possesion of a firearm by a felon, and family violence/felony assault by strangulation.
Arlington police say the woman he allegedly restrained in the home is Black's girlfriend who lived with him in the home. Her name was not released by police.
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