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Man Arrested After Kearney Standoff

Kearney_policeA 32-year-old man has quietly ended a standoff of nearly three hours in Kearney.

Police were sent to the house around 6 p.m. Sunday. Officers believed the man had several weapons inside the house, and they soon set up a perimeter and called in a SWAT team.

The man, Trenton Nielsen, was taken into custody without incident around 8:50 p.m. He was arrested on suspicion of terroristic threats, false imprisonment and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

Other residents of the home told officers they were held against their will.

There were no reports of any shots being fired or any injuries.

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