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OPP Arrest Dryden Man In Stand-Off

Provincial Police have released details of a lengthy stand-off with a man on Henderson Road, north of Dryden.

Officers were executing a search warrant at a home Thursday morning around 11:30, when the accused barricaded himself inside the home with a weapon.

The incident finally ended at 8:30 Friday morning.

OPP say 38-year-old Blake Keesick of Dryden has been charged with uttering threats, careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose as well as three counts of failing to comply with a recognizance.

Keesick remains in custody.

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