Standoff ends in arrests

By Jon Gosa

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November 17, 2016

Lt. Keithen Hall of the Albany Police Department places Anthony Leon Parks Jr., 25, in the back of a police car after more than a two hour standoff in which the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team was called in. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

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A standoff between law enforcement and Anthony Leon Parks Jr., a suspect in at least eight armed robberies including two in which store employees were shot, ended peacefully Thursday afternoon with Parks’ arrest.

Anthony Leon Parks, still showing symptoms of O.C. Spray, a tactical smoke grenade used by the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team to make him come out of the attic he was hiding in at a residence on North Madison Street in Albany, as he is moved to a police cruiser. Parks has been charged with at least eight counts of armed robbery with other charges pending. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Members of the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team enter a residence at 909 North Madison Street to subdue suspect Anthony Leon Parks Jr. who was wanted on eight counts of armed robbery. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Members of the Albany Police Department and the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team train their weapons on Anthony Leon Parks as he surrenders and is brought out of a building at 909 North Madison Street in Albany Thursday afternoon. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Members of the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team arrest Anthony Leon Parks after more than a two hour standoff in which two smoke grenades were fired into the attic where Parks was hold up. Parks is facing at least 8 counts of armed robbery with more charges pending. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

A member of the Albany-Dougherty SWAT Team fires two smoke grenades into the attic where Anthony Leon Parks Jr., 25, was hold up. Parks has been charged with at least 8 counts of armed robbery with more charges pending. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

Law enforcement officials are seen at an aprtment complex on North Madison Street where Albany police say a suspect in a recent violent robbery is refusing to come out. (Staff Photo: Jon Gosa)

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