Crime & Safety

Man Taken Into Custody After SWAT Standoff In Acworth

Cobb County Police arrested a man Wednesday after he barricaded himself inside an Acworth home, media outlets are reporting.

Police have been called to an Acworth home for a barricaded man, where he was later arrested.
Police have been called to an Acworth home for a barricaded man, where he was later arrested. (Cobb County Police)

ACWORTH, GA — After a man barricaded himself inside an Acworth home, Cobb Police has arrested the man, media outlets are reporting.

The AJC reported that "no one was injured in the standoff that shut down access to roads in a subdivision off Dallas Acworth Highway near Lake Acworth."

Police told WSB-TV that they were "working to get a wanted person out of a home on Bay Harbor Cay." A source told reporters that the man was involved in a hit-and-run, left the scene and went to the Acworth home and then refused to come out on Wednesday morning.

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