St. Pete standoff involving child ends in father’s arrest Elizabeth Fry reports ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police said a man is in custody after arming himself with a weapon, taking a 3-year-old child from a home, crashing a pickup truck, and barricading himself inside for hours. Before 5 a.m., they said the man – identified as 32-year-old Matthew Perkins – was in custody and the child is safe. The SWAT situation stemmed from a domestic situation at a home in the 1900 block of Norfolk Street North in St. Pete. It started at 11:30 p.m. Monday. A view […]
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