Eldon man arrested after Miller County standoff
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 44-year-old Eldon man remained in jail Tuesday afternoon following his arrest after a standoff at a Miller County home.
Lawrance J. Giddens, 44, was charged on Tuesday with four counts of illegal gun possession, one count of illegally possessing an illegal weapon and a count of resisting arrest.
Giddens held deputies and state troopers in a standoff Monday in Miller County and was “believed to be armed” with a gun, the Miller County Sheriff’s Office says.
The standoff happened in the 100 block of Witt Road, south of Eldon.
An ABC 17 News reporter saw over a dozen law enforcement vehicles, most of which were of the Miller County Sheriff’s Office – surrounding a home.
The probable cause statement says that law enforcement was at the residence serving a failure-to-appear warrant. He was charged in Morgan County with failing to register as a sex offender and two infractions of driving without a license and not having plates. A $50,000 bond was set in that case.
The statement says that law enforcement was contacted by someone claiming that Giddens was armed with multiple guns and willing to shoot officers.
The reporter saw law enforcement use an armored vehicle to send a gas canister into the home around 7:45 p.m. There appeared to be someone in custody shortly after. The scene cleared out around 8 p.m.
Giddens refused to come out of a home when troopers and deputies ordered him to, a sheriff’s office release says.
Kyle Green, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, told ABC 17 News that the patrol’s SWAT team was at the residence.