WESTFIELD, N.Y. — Police arrested a Westfield man on Christmas Eve after a reported domestic dispute escalated into what police called an armed confrontation with officers.
The sequence of events began around 7:25 p.m. on Dec. 24 at a Route 20 residence, according to the Westfield Police Department. During the initial investigation, police said 38-year-old Shawn Cettell became “argumentative” and went back inside the residence.
When officers later made contact with Cettell, he was “standing in the foyer area with a long gun style rifle in an aggressive manner,” police said. Patrols retreated from the doorway to take cover and issued “numerous verbal commands” for him to comply…