Emotionally disturbed man taken into custody after hours on Bensonhurst windowsill
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Cops say that an emotionally disturbed man had specialized police units trying for hours to get him safely out of a Bensonhurst building, where he had perched himself on a window ledge, on Sunday, November 29.
According to police, the man, who had barricaded himself inside of a building at 8484 Bay Parkway, was refusing to open the door to police at around 1:26 p.m.
At around 5:45 p.m., police were able to gain entry and take the man into custody without incident.