Juvenile arrested after standoff in Fayetteville neighborhood

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Dozens of Fayetteville police officers surrounded a house in a Fayetteville neighborhood after a juvenile was barricaded inside.

NewsChopper 2 flew over a house inside the neighborhood off of Redwine Road and found dozens of police units.

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Fayetteville police say officers with the Department of Juvenile Justice were serving a juvenile with a warrant for violation of probation for aggravated assault on Ridgewood Drive.

The juvenile, who was armed with a knife, barricaded himself inside the house.

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Negotiators were able to get the juvenile out of the house and took him into custody just before 6 p.m.

The juvenile’s identity and age have not been released. It is unclear what charges he will face after Wednesday’s standoff.

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