Spouse in Fairborn police standoff ID’d; Felony charges to be pursued

UPDATE @ 10:15 p.m. (May 22): A man who became the focus of a standoff with police Sunday, after his wife told police he used a sword to assault her in their home, remains in jail tonight.

Anthony Dyamond Sr., 56, is in the Montgomery County Jail on a $50,000 bond on felony charges of felonious assault, tampering with evidence and inducing panic.

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Fairborn police were dispatched to the home on Gierson Place just before 2 p.m. Sunday on a call about a domestic violence situation.

A woman called 9-1-1 to report that her husband used a sword to assault her. She left the residence and he remained inside.

She was treated at hospital. He exited the residence, police said, after a brief standoff.

INITIAL REPORT (May 20)

Police have taken a man into custody after assaulting a female Sunday afternoon in Fairborn.

SWAT crews were called to the scene after the man barricaded himself in the home located in the 2200 block of Gierson Place, police said.

The man was taken without incident.

No other details are immediately available, according to a press release.

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