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Robbery suspect surrenders after 12-hour standoff in DeLand, police say

By Kelly Healey
By Kelly Healey
A 19-year-old man is in custody after a 12-hour standoff came to an end early Tuesday morning, DeLand police said.

DeLAND, Fla. — The DeLand Police Department said Cameron Brown barricaded himself Monday afternoon inside the home on the 1300 block of Fatio Road.

Earlier in the day, Brown and three others approached a couple at the Intermodal Transit Facility on East Euclid Avenue. Brown implied he had a weapon before running off with a backpack, police said.

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A bus driver told the four culprits that he captured the incident on video, and that's when the four took jewelry, money and pills out of the backpack before returning it to the couple, officials said. 

Three robbery suspects surrendered peacefully, but Brown barricaded himself inside the Fatio Road home, where his vehicle was found, and wouldn't come out, police said.

“After obtaining an arrest and search warrant, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office SWAT team and DeLand Police entered the home and were able to find Cameron Brown hiding in a crawl space at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was taken into custody without incident,” a news release said.

"The objective of this is to bring enough law enforcement in to have a peaceful resolution in the end, and that's just what we did," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.

The three others who were arrested were identified as Codey Brown, 23, Ryan Mackey, 22, and Eric Lutz, 16.
Cameron Brown was charged with armed robbery, while the others were charged with principle to armed robbery.

No one was injured.

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