Police: Man arrested after standoff at South Portland Irving
Police in South Portland responded to a standoff at a gas station convenience store Sunday night.
South Portland Police Chief Edward Googins said police received reports of a man with a gun at the Irving on Westbrook Street at 6:49 p.m.
Police said the suspect, Robert White, 44, of South Portland, tried to buy alcohol but appeared to be under the influence and staff refused the sale.
Police said that's when White pulled out a handgun and began waiving it around inside the store. White eventually barricaded himself inside the store's restroom, police said.
Police evacuated all Circle K employees and customers to set up a perimeter and Westbrook Street was closed down, police said.
Police said SWAT teams were called to the scene, and were able to arrest White when he decided to exit the store around 8:15 p.m.
White has been charged with reckless conduct, criminal mischief, threatening display of a weapon and terrorizing. He was taken to the Cumberland County Jail.
Police said no one was injured.
The road has since been reopened.