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Morning Hostage Situation Resolved Safely

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato  Four children are safe after they were caught in a middle of domestic dispute early Sunday.Nathan Hartwig with the Chattanooga Police Department tells NewsChannel9 it all started with an argument between 26-year-old Lebron Thrasher and his wife. But it's what he threatened to do after the argument that led to his arrest.It looked like a scene from a movie. But for one family living at a home on Hendricks Street, it was all too real. Officials say a woman called police after she says 26-year-old Lebron Thrasher threatened to harm her and her 4 children."He came in last night and assaulted her. He allowed her to leave for a little bit this morning, but told her that if she didn't come back, that he was going to kill her and possibly kill the kids," says Hartwig.When police arrived, they say Thrasher refused to come out. With the four children under the age of 10 still inside. Within hours, Thrasher surrendered, and the children were able to get out safely. And as it turns out, Thrasher is no stranger to the law. According to Hamilton County Booking Reports, Thrasher was arrested earlier this year on a similar charge and is wanted on 4 counts of failure to appear."I've never heard of anything like this. In my 50 years, I'm 50 now so. I've never run into anything like this before," says resident Leroy Garner.Leroy Garner lived on the same street forty years ago. He says things have changed but not for the better."Forty years ago, we used to sleep in the house with just the screen door unlocked. You know, unlocked. But now, I don't think you can do that around here anymore," says Garner.Which is just one of the many things he would change if he could."It's a sad situation for these young men to act this way toward our women. It's a sad situation," says Garner.Hartwig says all 4 children were able to get out of the house safely and are in the custody of a guardian.

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