CINCINNATI — A man facing multiple charges connected to a SWAT standoff in Cheviot on Wednesday morning has turned himself in, but claimed during his arraignment that he wasn't even home when SWAT surrounded his house.
Larry Thomas Jr. currently faces charges of domestic violence, obstructing official business, inducing panic, endangering children, strangulation and having weapons while under disability.
However, the charges of obstructing official business, inducing panic and endangering children charges stem directly from the presence of SWAT outside his home.
Cheviot police said they responded to a home on Delmar Avenue near Harrison Avenue around 5 a.m. for a domestic violence call. Police said a suspect told officers he was not coming outside, so officers set up a perimeter around the house.
Police said they learned Thomas may have weapons and a child was inside the home, so a SWAT unit was called in. Approximately four hours after the standoff began, police said the child was safely released from the home.
Officers then entered the home after a few flashbangs were deployed. A short time later law enforcement exited the home without a suspect.
However, during his arraignment, Thomas' attorney said he'd left the house before police were called, and was not even home when a SWAT team was called in to surround his house. His attorney told the judge Thomas learned police and SWAT team members were outside his house as the situation was unfolding; he called his attorney and went to Cheviot police to turn himself in not long after, the attorney said.
Thomas was given a $10,000 bond for the weapons under disability charge and a $1,000 bond for the inducing panic charge.
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