SWAT team responds to Lauderhill home after subject barricaded himself inside

Man, woman face various charges

Authorities in Broward County responded to a residential neighborhood after a subject barricaded himself inside a home.

It happened Tuesday night along the 1400 block of Northwest 33rd Way in Lauderhill.

According to deputies, detectives were serving an arrest warrant when the subject locked himself inside the house and refused to come out.

Deputies respond to a barricaded subject inside a Lauderhill home. (WPLG)

A Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, as well as hostage negotiators, responded to the home, deputies said.

Eventually, authorities said they took the subject and another person into custody shortly after 11 p.m.

They were identified Wednesday as Roosevelt Permenter, 35, and Kaishonta Thomas, also 35.

From left: Roosevelt Permenter and Kaishonta Thomas. (Broward Sheriff's Office)

Information about what the initial arrest warrant was for has not been released by police, however authorities confirmed that they face charges that include aggravated assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, identity fraud, filing false documents for real/personal property and grand theft.


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