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Hours-long police standoff in southern Ontario leads to arrest of 39-year-old man

A man in southern Ontario was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff, The Canadian Press reported Dec. 28, 2025, involving a 39-year-old in Brant County and the Ontario Provincial Police.
Saturday saw officers dispatched to a Brant County, Ontario home about a health concern, and when they arrived, they knocked but initially received no response.
Police eventually reached the 39-year-old homeowner by phone, who warned officers to leave and said he had firearms and `was prepared to use them`.
After hours of negotiations, police made a tactical entry and placed the man under arrest early Sunday; he was examined and held for a bail hearing.
A public advisory ordered local residents to remain indoors, area roads were closed, and multiple images documented Ontario Provincial Police patches at the scene on Sunday.

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