Now you know where all the $$$ is going: police state!!!
"Woman in standoff was mixing cleaning supplies" by Jonnelle Marte, Globe Correspondent | July 3, 2008
A 50-year-old woman was mixing household cleaning supplies before police surrounded her Beacon Hill apartment during a five-hour standoff that led to the evacuation of several buildings behind the State House, officials said yesterday.
Firefighters were called to a Temple Street building about 9 p.m. Tuesday after neighbors complained about a strong smell of ammonia coming from a fourth-floor apartment.
The woman had poured the chemicals on the floor and barricaded herself in the apartment, police said. After hours of negotiation with a SWAT unit, the woman surrendered early yesterday and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was being evaluated, authorities said.
They couldn't have sent a couple of patrol men?
"It turned out to be household items such as shampoo, floor wax, and dish detergent," said Steve MacDonald, spokesman for the Boston Fire Department. "She was squirting, spraying these items on herself and on the floor and furniture in the apartment and mixing it all up."
Firetrucks lined the street Tuesday night, and officials cordoned off access to the buildings. A team of hazardous materials specialists responded, and natural gas service to the building was cut off. Only officials wearing gas masks were allowed in the area.
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