Man arrested after five-hour Springettsbury standoff
By MIKE HOOVER
Daily Record/Sunday News
Article Launched: 02/01/2007 10:47:32 AM EST
Feb 1, 2007 — A 39-year-old man was arrested early this morning following a nearly five-hour standoff that started when he held five people at gunpoint inside an apartment complex in Springettsbury Township, police said.
Scott Jay Shultz, of the 2400 block of Kingston Court, is charged with two counts each of burglary, simple assault, reckless endangerment, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint and false imprisonment.
He was being processed at York County Central Booking this morning, prison officials said.
Shultz allegedly forced his way into a neighbor's apartment Wednesday night where he placed a semi-automatic pistol to the head of one of the residents and threatened the people inside, police said. Shultz held five people at gunpoint - including two residents and three friends, police said. The people eventually escaped unharmed after an hour around 10:30 p.m.
One of the people who escaped called police, said Springettsbury Township Police Chief David Eshbach. The York County Quick Response Team was mobilized and responded to the call.
Before police arrived, Shultz went back to his apartment and ignored repeated attempts to contact him by telephone and a public address system, Eshbach said.
Members of the quick response team made a rapid and dramatic entry into Shultz's apartment just after 3 a.m., where he was captured without incident, Eshbach said. Shultz was sleeping at the time. There were no injuries.
Police recovered a full-loaded .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol, Eshbach said.
“By the grace of God everything worked out,” Eshbach said.
Police do not have a motive for what transpired.
