NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP Dec 21, 2012) – Authorities say a front-end loader was used to break into a New Town home to end a standoff with an armed man barricaded inside.
 
     New Town Police Chief Art Walgren says  law enforcement used the loader Thursday to “dismantle the house.” He says attempts to use tear gas failed during the daylong standoff.
 
     Schools in the community went on lockdown during the incident.
 
     The FBI identified the man taken into custody as 32-year-old Michael Jason Smith.
 
     Authorities say Smith faces narcotics charges in Colorado. Smith, who had previously been convicted of a felony in Colorado, also faces a charge of possessing a firearm in North Dakota.

 

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NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP Dec 20, 2012) – A man who barricaded himself into a North Dakota home prompting the lockdown of several local schools is in police custody. 
 
Michael Jason Smith came out of the house shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday.
 
     Smith was wanted in Colorado on charges mostly dealing with narcotics. He was at a home in New Town when law enforcement officials arrived, and he barricaded himself in the home.
 
     Schools in the community went on lockdown during the incident.
 
     FBI spokesman Kyle Loven says Smith may now face charges in North Dakota and Colorado.