Dad pulls police standoff; was upset that Mom didn't want him to watch 3-year-old daughter because he appeared to be high (Dallas, Texas)

Wow. Awesome Daddy Drama at its finest. Mom is a little skeptical about letting you mind the 3-year-old daughter, because you appear to be high.

So to demonstrate to her that her judgment of you is misguided, you perform the following acts:

*You grab the girl out of Mom's arms 

* Force Mom out of the house

* Start a SWAT team standoff of several hours duration which includes a lock down of a nearby school.

'Cause you know all that proves you're just a top-notch responsible parent, right? 

Unstable much? UNNAMED DAD. 

Wonder if this was an intact couple, or whether this involved custody/visitation with a couple that was no longer together. Somehow, I'm guessing the latter. But as often happens in these cases, the media refuses to make the situation clear. Even though a court-ordered custody situation would have been the cause of this mother's dilemma. 

http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/fugitive-holed-up-in-home-triggers-lockdown-at-pleasant-grove-school.html/

UPDATE: Standoff began when mother wouldn’t let 3-year-old’s father watch her because he was high

By Matt Peterson mpeterson@dallasnews.com

12:01 pm on December 18, 2012 Update, 2:30 p.m.

This morning’s standoff began after a mother refused to allow her 3-year-old daughter’s father to care for their child because he appeared to be high.

Police say the father, who has yet to be identified, grabbed the girl out of her mother’s arms and forced her mother out of the house on Muskogee Drive.

The mother called 911 at 7:45 a.m. and informed authorities that there were drugs and weapons inside the home, prompting a SWAT response.

Hours after the standoff began, negotiators persuaded the man to release the child, and a SWAT officer carried the girl to safety. The suspect then released two women before surrendering himself.

He faces a charge of assault-family violence, a third-degree felony.

Update, 12:05 p.m.:

The standoff ended about noon when the barricaded person exited the home with the child and surrendered.

The child is safe, and no injuries were reported.

Police say the standoff began after officers responded to a domestic disturbance at the house.

Original entry:

A wanted person who holed up in a Pleasant Grove home with a 3-year-old child caused officials at nearby Florence Middle School to lock the school down (that’s the third lockdown this morning, for various reasons).

The standoff apparently began around 8:30 this morning in the 10100 block of Muskogee Drive. It’s unclear what the suspect is wanted for.

SWAT vehicles were called to the scene while police tried to persuade the barricaded person to surrender, NBC 5 reports.

For now, it sounds like a TV helicopter is irritating Dallas police almost as much as the suspect. Officers have put out repeated calls for the chopper to back off because it’s interfering with the operation.