GREENFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) –UPDATE: 3:15 p.m.: Greenfield resident William Judd was apprehended by the Franklin County Regional Response Team after a six-hour standoff on Elm Street in Greenfield. Police say Judd is known to them and also to the alleged victim, Chester Bai. The actual charges that Judd will be facing are unknown at this time.
UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: Greenfield Police Chief Todd Dodge spoke with Franklin County Now with details on the apprehension of the suspect in Friday’s incident on Elm Street in Greenfield.
“We called in the Franklin County Regional Special Response Team, and they systematically approached this,” said Dodge. “The main thing was to try to do this without causing injuries to anyone. We had interior drones deployed, which indicated a footprint on top of what appeared to be a bureau, just beneath a trap door to an attic crawl space.”
Dodge said police then deployed CS gas, a non-lethal irritant, to drive the suspect out of the house.
“(Officers) didn’t see even so much as a stir. So, lastly, they physically made entry into that attic crawl space and pulled (the suspect) out.”
The suspect was transported by ARS Ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Greenfield for evaluation. Dodge indicated that the suspect is known by police as well as the victim. The suspect’s identity has not been released, nor have the charges that individual will face.
We will have further updates at Franklin County Now.
UPDATE 11:46 a.m. The suspect has been taken into custody and is being transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center.
UPDATE on the alleged home intruder, Greenfield Police are now focused on the attic of the residence at 221 Elm Street, utilizing a drone with an infrared camera. Previously, the suspect had been in the basement of the home. A negotiator is on scene attempting to communicate with the suspect.
Franklin County NOW is on scene where police have closed a portion of Elm Street in Greenfield after reports of an intruder in a residence early Friday morning.
Police Chief Todd Dodge spoke with Franklin County Now, reporting that at 5:29 a.m. this morning 911 dispatchers received a call from a resident at 221 Elm Street who reported an armed intruder. The resident, Chester Bai, told dispatchers he woke up to a masked person in his bedroom with what he believed to be a firearm.
According to Chief Dodge, Bai, a paraplegic, was able to fight off the intruder and escape the residence, and is in communication with emergency responders.
The individual has been spotted through a window in the basement and an officer described the intruder as a Caucasian male.
Drones, State Police, Greenfield Police and Fire units, AMR are all on scene, working to communicate with the intruder, with the goal of having him leave the residence willingly. No gunfire has been reported.
Neighbors have also been contacted and they have been left with the choice to evacuate voluntarily or stay in their homes.
Franklin County NOW will update this story as information becomes available.