Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Marshall W. Durocher, 63, was arrested Thursday evening for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after an hour-long stand-off in which he refused to move away from the gun; he was previously arrested on October 1 for driving with a revoked license.
At about 5:50 p.m. on October 9, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a home in Arrendondo Estates, where the caller said Durocher, his roommate, had become enraged after a verbal argument and had left the home with a loaded shotgun. Deputies found Durocher sitting in an SUV outside the home, with the shotgun pointed at his head. Additional units responded, including the Negotiation Response Team, the Bomb Squad Robot Operator, a K-9 Unit, and Mental Health Co-Responders; the road was closed, and nearby residents were asked to remain in their homes…