UPDATE: Oakland Man Arrested After Police Standoff

UPDATE: Dec. 10

45-year-old Jason Grant of Oakland is facing charges including domestic violence criminal threatening after a Police standoff this morning, Dec. 10.

From the Maine State Police:

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, shortly after 6:00am, the Maine State Police Central Field Troop received a report from a woman regarding threats and violence in the town of Palermo. The victim reported her ex-partner 45-year-old Jason Grant of Oakland, had made threats to cause her and others in her residence harm. State Police Troopers, Kennebec County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Oakland Police Officers responded to Ayer Street in Oakland where efforts were made to have Grant peacefully come out of his home. After several hours, Maine State Police Negotiators along with Tactical Team members were able to safely take the Grant into custody. Grant was charged with Domestic Violence Criminal Threatening, Domestic Violence Terrorizing, Violating Conditions of Release, and Creating a Police Standoff. Grant was transported to the Waldo County Jail where he will be held without bail. The Maine State Police was assisted by the Oakland Police Department, Oakland Fire and Rescue and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department.

Police say the standoff this morning, Dec. 10, on Ayer Street in Oakland, is over and a suspect has been taken into custody.

Pleasant Street, which had been closed, has since reopened.

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