Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
Celina man barricades himself in bathroom
By Kathy Thompson
Photo by Kathy Thompson/The Daily Standard
Celina Assistant Police Chief Cal Freeman and personnel from the Celina Police Department and Mercer County Sheriff's Office surround Brandon Lykins on Tuesday in front of Lykins' Sycamore Street home. After a foot chase, Lykins barricaded himself in his bathroom and told officers he had a gun. Lykins later surrendered and no weapon was found.
CELINA - A portion of Sycamore Street was shut down Tuesday afternoon after a 27-year-old man barricaded himself in his bathroom and told officers he had a gun.
The incident began about 2:42 p.m. when Mercer County Adult Probation Officer Dane Gross and Celina Police Officer Brian Taylor went to the home of Brandon Lykins, 715 Sycamore St., to discuss a possible probation violation, Celina Police Chief Tom Wale said.
As Gross and Taylor were speaking to Lykins, he took off and started running through the neighborhood, Wale said. Gross and Taylor chased Lykins through several backyards along Sycamore Street, Wale said. Taylor attempted to use a TASER weapon but missed Lykins, Wale said.
Lykins eventually ran back into his home and barricaded himself in a bathroom, telling officers he had a gun.
Celina police and Mercer County Sheriff's Office personnel blocked off the street and surrounded the home while Wale negotiated with Lykins, according to the chief.
Lykins surrendered without further incident and was booked into the Mercer County Detention Center on the probation violation. No weapon was discovered, Wale said. Further charges are being considered, he added.
Court records show in 2010 Lykins had been convicted in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on a charge of attempted felonious assault, a third-degree felony. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Judge Jeffrey Ingraham granted Lykins early release effective May 17, 2014, but placed him on three years of basic community control.
Court records also show Lykins was in prison in 2010 after being convicted of theft, a fifth-degree felony; burglary, a second-degree felony; misuse of credit cards, a fifth-degree felony; and burglary, a fourth-degree felony. Those charges are all related to incidents in Montgomery County, according to court records.
