{"id":30747,"date":"2023-07-11T20:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=30747"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:12:28","slug":"armed-robbery-suspect-arrested-after-standoff-with-cocoa-police-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=30747","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbery suspect arrested after standoff with Cocoa police &#8211; WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">COCOA, Fla.  &#8211; A suspect in multiple home burglaries was arrested after a standoff with police in Cocoa Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 LIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS <<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning reporting a burglary in progress at a home in the 500 block of Dr.  Indian River.  The suspect fled the home when officers arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">According to police, the suspect continued to run northbound on Indian River Dr.  to Highland St.  where he got into a vehicle and refused to get out while holding a gun to his head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">READ: Researchers announce sargassum bloom has left Central Florida coast<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Police say they believe the suspect stole the gun during another home burglary Monday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCocoaPolice%2Fvideos%2F6554375944601254%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Streets in the area were blocked off for several hours and nearby residents were asked to stay in their homes while negotiators tried to get the suspect to surrender peacefully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">READ: &#8216;Void&#8217; appears at former sinkhole site in Hillsborough County<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">Shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cocoa police announced they had arrested the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">It has not been identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 leZkxI body-paragraph\">This story is developing.  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