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Delaware Police Locate Suspect, All Evacuated Residents Permitted Back Into Homes

FELTON, Del. (CBS) – Delaware Police have taken a 43-year-old man into custody after he was found in an open field east of the resident police were investigating.

The earlier possible barricaded subject was found this afternoon when a retired state trooper observed him walking through a field just east of the residence.

The suspect, Patrick Billings, attempted to flee but was taken into custody without further incident.

He will be charged with violation of a family court order.

All residents have been permitted to their homes and Sportsman Road has re-opened.

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