More charges filed against man in police standoff
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Additional charges of felony terroristic threats and endangering the welfare of a child were lodged late Monday afternoon against Shaheed Gindraw, the 32-year-old man who held city police at bay for more than six hours Friday night at his apartment at Newberry Estates, 2500 Federal Ave.
Gindraw threatened to blow up his apartment, No. 251, forcing police to evacuate several neighboring units during the standoff that began about 5:15 p.m. shortly after his pregnant girlfriend returned home from the hospital.
Gindraw had earlier allegedly assaulted the woman and threatened to "stomp the kid out of her belly," Agent Brittany Alexander said in an affidavit.
The girlfriend, flagged down two probation officers when she got home and told them that Gindraw was inside the apartment with her 5-year-old son and that she wanted him back. She also told authorities that her boyfriend had two handguns.
During the intense drama, Gindraw refused -- at first -- to release the child, but members of the Lycoming County Negotiation Team eventually convinced him to free the child unharmed, police said. Following more negotiations, Gindraw gave up and walked out of the apartment on his own about midnight.
Initially jailed on $10,000 bail, Gindraw was recommitted in lieu of $175,000 bail following his arraignment on the new charges before District Judge Christian Frey.