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Roof StandOff

Winnipeg firefighters coaxed a man off the roof of a Bannatyne Avenue house on Tuesday afternoon, ending a five-hour-long standoff over the building''s demolition. Police officers arrested the man as soon as he came down from the roof of the house around 4 p.m. A demolition crew hired by the city to tear down the house had arrived around 11 a.m. when the man showed up, assaulted a crew member and climbed onto the roof. A fire ladder truck raised three firefighters onto the roof, where they had a short conversation with the man and brought him down to ground level. Police later announced that the 54-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon and mischief under $5,000.

Story was last updated at: 2012-02-06 09:53:05