Conn. standoff ends when ad executive flees burning home, ex-wife safe after kidnapping

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive who snatched his ex-wife from a parking lot, held her hostage for hours during a standoff with police and then refused to leave their burning home finally surrendered when flames made their way to the basement where he was hiding, authorities said.

Conn. standoff ends when ad executive flees burning home, estranged wife safe after kidnapping

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive who snatched his ex-wife from a parking lot, held her hostage for hours during a standoff with police and then refused to leave their burning home finally surrendered when flames made their way to the basement where he was hiding, authorities said.

Police say Conn. woman safe, husband taken away in ambulance after hours-long standoff

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive who snatched his ex-wife from a parking lot, held her hostage for hours during a standoff with police and then refused to leave their burning home was taken away in an ambulance early Wednesday, authorities said.

Police say Conn. woman out safe, house on fire in SWAT team standoff with estranged husband

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A woman held hostage for hours by her estranged husband at their former home got out safely Tuesday, said police, who surrounded the house as it was engulfed in flames with the defiant man still inside.

Police say Connecticut woman safe, house on fire in SWAT team standoff with estranged husband

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A woman held hostage for hours by her estranged husband at their former home got out safely Tuesday, said police, who surrounded the house as it was engulfed in flames with the defiant man still inside.

SWAT team in gear, gunshots fired at Conn. home where man holds ex-wife hostage

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — Gunshots have been fired at a Connecticut home where an advertising executive has been holding his ex-wife hostage, and smoke can be seen coming from it.

SWAT team gears up, power cut to Conn. neighborhood where man holds ex-wife hostage

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — Power has been cut to a Connecticut neighborhood where an advertising executive has been holding his ex-wife hostage in their former home, and a SWAT team is putting on its gear.

Police: Man who didn’t want divorce holds ex-wife hostage in Conn. home, bomb squad responds

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — An advertising executive kidnapped his ex-wife from a parking garage Tuesday, held her hostage for hours in a suburban home and fired gunshots as police negotiators and a bomb squad waited outside, authorities said.