A Massachusetts man is scheduled to undergo a mental health evaluation after attempting to cut through the door of the Cohasset Police Station with a chainsaw and barricading himself inside the house with young children. Brian Buckley faces multiple charges in connection with the incident, which began Sunday afternoon. A petrol-powered chainsaw. He was about to enter the restricted area where the desk attendant was working, police said.He tried to get through the security door in the lobby. The desk attendant locked herself in a nearby office and pressed the panic button. Officers responded quickly and followed the fleeing suspect to their home road in Cushing. The police station is about half a mile from his home on Cushing Road, where Buckley barricaded himself. Buckley began yelling at officers from inside the house and dangling two young children in front of an upstairs window, police said. When he refused to leave, police said a tactical alert was called and officers were called in from surrounding towns, including Hingham, Hull, Scituate and Norwell. A witness told his NewsCenter 5 that at one point he could see the suspect through a window and he had a chainsaw. he was called to the scene. Buckley repeatedly came to the window above the home’s two-car garage and appeared to throw things at the police through the window, but the negotiators asked him to release the children to the law. Attempts were made to persuade the enforcement agencies to surrender.The danger to the children was becoming increasingly apparent and looming, according to the police, until SWAT supervisors asked permission to enter the house. It was stable. After resisting arrest by using a taser, he was taken into custody and the children were quickly scooped up and removed from the house, police said. We knew he was away from his children when we went to , so we gave him the opportunity to take him into custody,” Quigley said. , a boy and girl under the age of 5 are now safe and with his mother. Buckley was initially taken to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth for a mental health evaluation. After appearing in court on Monday, he was sent to Bridgewater Hospital for a more extensive evaluation. offenses, including crimes of resisting, driving to endanger, driving without a license, three counts of vandalism, and other charges of indiscriminate vandalism.
A Massachusetts man is due to undergo a mental health evaluation after attempting to cut through the door of the Cohasset Police Station with a chainsaw and barricading himself inside the house with young children.
Brien Buckley, 35, of Cohasset faces multiple charges in connection with the incident that began Sunday afternoon.
Police allege Buckley, who is known to police, drove over the lawn of the police station and hit a tree on the property before exiting the truck and entering the lobby spinning a gas-powered chainsaw. doing.
According to police, Buckley began damaging the station lobby with a saw, hacking through a security door, and attempting to enter a restricted area where a private desk attendant was working.
Cohassett Police Chief William Quigley said, “The chain was moving. He tried to get through the security door in the lobby. The desk attendant was there and she fled for her own safety.”
A desk attendant locks himself in a nearby office and hits the panic button. Officers responded quickly and followed the fleeing suspect to their home road in Cushing.
The police station is about half a mile from Buckley’s barricaded home on Cushing Road.
Buckley began yelling at officers from inside the house and dangling his two young children in front of a second-story window, police said. When he refused to leave, police said a tactical alarm was called that drew officers from surrounding towns, including Hingham, Hull, Scituate and Norwell.
Cohassett Police have issued a shelter-in-place order for everyone living within 400 meters of the road in Norfolk and Cushing.
A witness told NewsCenter 5 that at one point the suspect was seen through a window and had a chainsaw.
A SWAT team from the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (METRO-LEC) and hostage negotiators were called to the scene.
Buckley repeatedly came to the window above the home’s two-car garage and appeared to throw things at the police through the window.
After hours of negotiations, Buckley became increasingly volatile to the point that SWAT supervisors sought permission to enter the home, police said.
After resisting arrest using a taser, he was taken into custody and the children were quickly scooped up and removed from the house, police said.
“He was upset by the police. When he went to the window, we knew he was away from the children, so we gave him the opportunity to take him into custody.” said Quigley.
Quigley said the two children at home, a boy and a girl under the age of five, are now safely with their mother.
Buckley was initially taken to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth for a mental health evaluation. After appearing in court on Monday, he was sent to Bridgewater Hospital for a more extensive evaluation.
He is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon – chainsaw, two counts of endangering a child, resisting arrest, driving to endanger, driving a motor vehicle without a license, and property. 3 cases of vandalism, other crimes including indiscriminate destruction of trees.
