Home Standoff Ends Peacefully in East Massapequa

A man barricaded himself in a home in East Massapequa for two hours before being arrested for a domestic disturbance Saturday, police said.

Kevin Washington, 43, had been involved in a verbal argument with his wife at 9:50 a.m., when she tried to call police, authorities daid.

He allgedly wrestled the phone away from her and barricaded himself in the bedroom for two hours.

The wife escaped the Soloff Road home and was not injured.

After a two hour standoff Washington was arrested and charged with criminal mischief.  He did not have a weapon, police said.