PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Police in Platteville arrested a 24-year-old man who they said barricaded himself inside a hotel room for more than four hours after threatening staff members and patrons on Monday.
Officers were called to the Super 8 hotel on Highway 80/81 South around 8:30 a.m. for a report of a man making threats to others, the Platteville Police Department said in a Facebook post. When officers got to the scene, they learned the man, who is from Dane County, had damaged hotel property and barricaded himself inside a room.
The man stayed barricaded in the room for more than four hours, continuing to threaten others in the process, police said. Officers eventually went into the room and arrested him without incident.
Police said he was medically cleared and then taken to the Grant County Jail.
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