Logan City police officer and SWAT Team member at standoff in 7-11 parking lot, 400 N Main St. in Logan, Monday afternoon (Oct. 29).

LOGAN — Police were able to resolve a standoff peacefully Monday afternoon that occurred in the parking lot of a downtown convenience store. The incident happened at the 7-Eleven, on the corner of 400 North and Main Street, just before 5 p.m.

Logan City Police Capt. Tyson Budge said David J. D’Addabbo pulled the truck he was driving into the parking lot, after officers noticed it had homemade license plates and began following it. When they attempted to make contact, the 63-year-old Nibley man barricaded himself inside the truck and said he would rather die than go to jail.

“After a couple hours of negotiations, he agreed that he would leave the vehicle and speak to the sheriff,” explained Budge. “We agreed that if he came out and let us pat him down, and make sure that he wasn’t armed that we would issue him the traffic citations, and let him go home with his family.”

Throughout the negotiations, police and SWAT team members had the vehicle surrounded. Westbound traffic on 400 North, between Main Street and 100 West was also temporarily blocked as a precaution.

D’Addabbo reportedly exited the truck at 6:30 p.m. without incident. He was allowed to leave with a member of his family, who came to the standoff to help with the negotiating process.

During the standoff, D’Addabbo said he had a weapon but never made any specific threats to anyone on the scene. Later officers found a handgun inside the truck.

Budge said D’Addabbo has a long history of making threats against the government. He recently wrote a letter stating he would defend himself until death to protect against government collusion. Throughout the standoff through, officers felt like the general public was not in any danger.

“He’s anti-government. He’s a conspiracy theorist. He believes that the government has wronged him, so he is angry with the police. He is angry with the government. He has never threatened the general public. His family stated they weren’t worried for their safety and that he wasn’t a violent individual. We have no reason to believe that he would harm them or anyone in the public, but we do have concerns with his dealings with our officers.”

Police report additional charges are pending the completion of an investigation.

will@cvradio.com