DARLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is in custody after a SWAT incident Friday in Beaver County.
It began near the intersection of Taggart Road and Route 51 in Darlington Township around 8 a.m., 911 dispatchers say.
Channel 11 crews saw police in the area, and later a man being led away in handcuffs.
Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy tells us his office was serving an Ohio warrant for the man, who has not been identified.
The man was reportedly staying in a shed on a relative’s property.
Guy says the man barricaded himself and refused to come out. He allegedly threatened police and himself, escalating the situation.
The man eventually came out peacefully and was taken into custody. He’ll be taken to the Beaver County Jail and later extradited to Ohio, Guy says.
Nearby residents received an alert instructing them to stay indoors during the incident.
At around 3 p.m. on Friday, new information was released identifying the suspect as Brian Scott.
The release from police clarified that Scott was wanted out of Mahoning County, Ohio, for failure to verify his current residence as required for sexual offenders.
The second warrant was out of the Ohio State Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Adult Parole.
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