Police in standoff in Palmyra

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A Palmyra man was taken into custody at 4 a.m. todayafter a four-hour standoff with police in the 300 block of SouthLingle Avenue.
The incident began shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday. Police did notrelease details while the standoff continued. But sources at thescene indicated an unidentified man, believed to be armed, washoled up in a garage apartment to the rear of his parents' home.
He was taken into custody by the Lebanon County Emergency ServicesUnit on an involuntary mental health warrant after he tried toleave his residence carrying a knife, police said. The man's handwas cut by the knife he was carrying, and he was taken to GoodSamaritan Hospital for treatment of the wound and for a mentalhealth evaluation.
Four police departments, the district attorney's office, CrisisIntervention and Citizens Fire Company responded to the incident,besides the ESU.
During the standoff police cordoned off several blocks around thearea and called in a negotiator. One family that lived next doorwas evacuated.
Jerry Chambers and his wife, whose home is just 50 feet from thegarage, were in bed when police banged on the door to ask them toget out.
At first Chambers thought it was the neighbor knocking.
"He has come over a couple of times at night, knocking on the doorand wanting to talk," Chambers said. "I wasn't going to botheranswering the door."
Then Chambers saw police flashlights shining in his window andpolice called on the telephone.
"They just said there is a situation and you have got to get out,"Chambers said.
Chambers said the man believed to be in the garage is a nice guy,but "troubled."
"He is back there by himself. He doesn't bother anybody," Chamberssaid.
Chambers described the man as in his 40s. The man told Chambers hehad been a Navy SEAL, a claim Chambers was unable to confirm.