Police standoff ends in Moosic, suspect taken to hospital
By: Joe Holden
Updated: February 14, 2013
Moosic, Lackawanna County- A three-hour long ordeal that rerouted
traffic off busy Birney Avenue ended before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. An
assistant district attorney said information initially led Scranton
Police to the Moosic Motor Inn in search of bank robbery suspect.
Investigators say the unidentified man barricaded himself inside a room
and refused to come out. Police Chief Carl Graziano told Eyewitness News
earlier Wednesday evening he believed this man was behind an armed
robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Meadow Avenue. Assistant District
Attorney Shane Scanlon said no law enforcement officers were injured in
the standoff. He said this type of incident is what they train for. He
added the suspect had self-inflicted injuries to his wrists. He was
transported to an area hospital for treatment.
