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Brothers Charged In Standoff

Two men are in custody after a standoff in a Mifflin Township home Wednesday that forced the lock-downs of seven Columbus schools.Franklin County Sheriff's deputies say it started when two brothers attempted a home invasion style robbery in the 26 hundred block of Perdue Avenue, but escalated when one barricaded himself in the house with a gun. Deantony Richardson and William Richardson are in custody.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.