A 35-year-old man is in custody following a standoff with Akron Police Wednesday morning at a house that caught fire.
According to the Akron Police Department, officers with the U.S. Marshals Service were serving a federal warrant for federal drug crimes in the 200 block of Kenilworth Drive around 8 a.m. when the suspect, who has been identified as Tristan Dent, barricaded himself inside a home.
Akron Police Lt. Michael Murphy told News 5’s Bob Jones that authorities attempted to make entry into the home, and that’s when Dent barricaded himself inside. During a second attempt to enter, a 3-year-old boy came out and was escorted away.
The U.S. Marshals deployed tear gas to force Dent to come out, but were unsuccessful. A second volley of tear gas was deployed to no avail…