Cops Have 13-Hour Standoff with Man in Undies

Police in the Bronx waited out a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend as he stood on a window ledge for over 13 hours in his briefs starting at 3:30 a.m. this morning. Police believe that Rodulfo Jones stabbed girlfriend Carmen Valez inside her University Avenue apartment in Kingsbridge before climbing onto the 4th floor ledge when they arrived. Valez is currently in critical condition. Jones's standoff attracted the attention of over 200 onlookers and prompted police to set up airbags below before eventually talking him down. A witness says police were nothing but calm in dealing with the suspect, perhaps being extra cautious in the wake of September's Taser tragedy.

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By Billy Parker in News on November 6, 2008 3:30 PM

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r1b2

Hey, look honey, a story about a man attacking his girlfriend/ wife/ child/ dog/ cat/ anything. There's something you don't see everyday here. Oh, wait...

Sick bastards.

HUGO_MEGO

I want everyone to try crouching on their window like that tonight.

Barbj8

Bet he wishes he paid extra for the apartment with the balcony!

Clarice City

Those undies are dirty!!

You should always change your undies 'cause you just never know......

The Edge

12+ hours for bullshit like this is ridiculous.

HolyDiver

Tase harmless EDP and have him fall to his death but don't tase this douche? Placed airbags underneath him? More money went into saving some scumbag who stabbed his old lady than helping a guy who wasn't harming anyone.

Tgirl

hmmm... he should share a cell w/ Walsh, they would make a real nice couple

bxbrian

not sure that's kingsbridge. if it's university avenue, it should be university heights.

this is backed up by the news report you're linking to

that and the fact that shit like this doesnt happen in my neighborhood...

everyAframe

Hmm, stabs chicks? I say tazer and sodomize combo.

Outter Burrougher

I'm reading this at 4:07 PM; this started at 3:30 AM, but lasted more than 13 hours. I think the math on this is a little fuzzy.

zodak

this guy is lucky he wasn't murdered by the cops,

oops, i mean lucky he wasn't sodomized,

oops, i mean lucky he wasn't tazed & accidentally fell to his death.

Pull My Finger

Tazz the mother f-er

schizofriendly

LOL, bh!

Rocknrope

Shrinkage?

UnrepentantFenian

Perhaps, Mr. Parker, the police department is always calm when dealing with EDPs and what happened to Mr. Morales in September was an isolated incident. A tragedy indeed, but with specialized units like ESU who deal with hundreds of these situations each week occasionally things go sideways.

Save the editorial digs for situations you understand.