Police: Beloit man arrested after domestic violence incident, standoff

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Authorities said they arrested a Beloit man Saturday following a domestic violence incident where he armed himself with a handgun, according to a news release.

Officers responded to a call at 9:08 p.m. from a woman who said she had been in a physical altercation with the alleged suspect, Maurice Citchen, 39. The man had armed himself with a 9 mm handgun and would not let the woman leave the residence with her son, Beloit police said.

The woman and her son eventually left the residence while the suspect was still armed. Officers engaged in an hour-long standoff once they arrived at the residence, police said. Citchen was arrested without incident after the standoff ended.

Citchen was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery, domestic disorderly conduct, domestic false imprisonment, being a felon in a possession of a firearm, theft of a firearm and failure to comply with an officer’s attempt to be taken into custody.

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