Standoff

ST. GEORGE, Utah — A man involved in a nine-hour standoff that shut down Interstate 15 in Utah was trying to keep his children from returning to their mother’s custody in California, police said.

LOGAN, Ohio -- A family dispute ended when a man caring for his terminally ill wife apparently shot and killed her two sisters and his son before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.

OGDEN -- Jason Valdez's public defender will be hiring an expert, possibly more than one, as part of the defense for charges of kidnapping and attempted murder -- which revisits the potential conflict of interest in Weber County of having prosecutors influence the funding of defense attorneys.

Valdez is charged in the 16-hour SWAT standoff that began June 18 in an Ogden motel, an event Valdez posted about on his Facebook page throughout.

SANDY -- A man has been arrested after a six-hour SWAT team standoff at a Sandy home that ended with a robot finding the suspect asleep in his bed.

MILLCREEK -- Authorities say they were able to end a four-hour standoff in Millcreek by subduing a 42-year-old man with a Taser.

FARR WEST — A man’s seven-hour standoff with Weber County Sheriff’s SWAT team ended peacefully Tuesday evening after he fled from a misdemeanor arrest warrant and barricaded himself inside a neighbor’s house.

PHILADELPHIA -- A man who shot five people in Montgomery County, Pa., Saturday night was killed by police late Monday morning as the house he was in was surrounded by police SWAT teams.

At a press conference, Delaware County District Attorney Mike Green and Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said the suspect died in the basement. Ferman said the suspect, Mark Geisenheyner, 51, was killed by police.

Authorities said Geisenheyner had a long criminal history in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York. Some of the crimes were related to insurance fraud.