Gun store owner arrested in Lower Alsace standoff

[Munky]

Gun store owner arrested in Lower Alsace standoff

Gun store owner arrested in Lower Alsace standoff


Berks County - The owner of a Berks County gun store was arrested Sunday afternoon after he held his wife and 15-year-old son hostage in their Lower Alsace Township house, police said.

Jay A. Fisher, 48, who owns the Gun Gallery in St. Lawrence, released his wife, Taryn, and their son about 1:30 p.m., roughly an hour and a half after the standoff was reported in the residence at 2200 Highland Ave., investigators said.

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Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey
Taryn Fisher was not injured, according to Anthony C. Garipoli Sr., chief of the Central Berks Regional police.

Garipoli did not know if the couple’s son, whose name he did not know, had been hurt.

Dozens of police from several Berks departments, along with the county Community Emergency Response Team, sealed off the area during the standoff.

The dramatic events ended about 2:30 p.m. when Fisher, who police said possesses numerous types of weapons, surrendered after speaking by telephone with police negotiators, Garipoli said.

Police took Fisher to the Central Berks police offices in Mount Penn. Police also were interviewing his wife and son.

Police called the Reading police bomb squad to search the house because investigators believed it had been booby-trapped, Garipoli said.

It was not known if the bomb squad found anything in the house, which is on a wooded lot in the secluded neighborhood about three blocks from Perkiomen Avenue.

Members of the emergency response team were in charge of the scene, Garipoli said. He did not know who called police initially.

Other domestic disputes have been reported at the Fishers’ residence, Garipoli said, but he didn’t know how many times or whether weapons were involved.

In addition to Central Berks Regional police and the emergency response team, state troopers, fire officials from Mount Penn and West Reading and police from Cumru, Exeter, Lower Alsace and Spring townships assisted.

Exeter police Officer Karen Lincoln was injured when she fell on ice, officials said. She was taken to Reading Hospital, but information on her condition was unavailable.

See Monday’s Reading Eagle for the complete story.

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Now where am I gonna shoot indoors?!?!?!

[thebillsman]

let the man chill.

a guns a gun no matter how powerful it is, just let the guy have them in a locker case

just my .02, feel free to disagree

[importpower99]

Wow, gun control not needed!

[DC2.2GSR]

Originally Posted by importpower99

Wow, gun control not needed!

hmm, i smell...... an ANTI

this is ****ing ridiculous... nothing more than one more 'round in the magazine' for all the ignorant gun hating sheep to use in their pathetic arguments for why people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. if this guy was the owner of a sports memorabilia store and he had held people hostage or assaulted them with a baseball bat, i highly doubt the masses would be screaming for sports equipment control and stricter regulations on baseball bat ownership. same goddamn thing, a tool is a tool. if used improperly it can lead to injury or death. [/rant]

[thebillsman]

amen!

[CKxx]

Originally Posted by importpower99

Wow, gun control not needed!

However, toolbag control, apparently, is.

[blkZ06]

ha srt member rockin a fn f2000....nice

[Munky]

I'm just pissed the crazy f*ck pulled this sh*t again. Yes AGAIN. He's been in trouble before for going after his wife. Dunno why she hasn't left him yet but that's her problem. Now there won't be anywhere indoors to shoot within 10 mins of the house. Also a buddy has a gun on layaway there so who knows what will happen with the money. Plus like DC2 said...it just gives the ANTI's one more reason to cry restriction. And of course it happened the same day as the local gun show.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by DC2.2GSR

hmm, i smell...... an ANTI

this is ****ing ridiculous... nothing more than one more 'round in the magazine' for all the ignorant gun hating sheep to use in their pathetic arguments for why people shouldn't be allowed to own guns. if this guy was the owner of a sports memorabilia store and he had held people hostage or assaulted them with a baseball bat, i highly doubt the masses would be screaming for sports equipment control and stricter regulations on baseball bat ownership. same goddamn thing, a tool is a tool. if used improperly it can lead to injury or death. [/rant]

HA HA, no I'm not an anti. I just believe more should be done to prevent these types of incidents from happening without infringing on individuals freedoms. This is the second incident with this person and nothing was done to prevent this from happening again. And this gives fuel to the "anti's" about the irresponsible gun owners out there.

And you can't kill as many people with a baseball bat when you compare it to a firearm. It's also tough to hold people hostage with a bat, although I'm pretty sure someone has done it.

[CHAOS]

:tst: munky.


gun control is not the answer to any problems. give EVERYONE a gun and see how many people **** up if they know anyone and everyone can take them out.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by CKxx

However, toolbag control, apparently, is.

Nonsense, I don't think someone should regulate the things you do

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

:tst: munky.


gun control is not the answer to any problems. give EVERYONE a gun and see how many people **** up if they know anyone and everyone can take them out.

Yeah that has been pitched before, and it would just fail miserably. People already murder each other over dumb s**t now, that would just increase the violence(ie road rage).

[CHAOS]

assisting natural selection is fine with me.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

assisting natural selection is fine with me.

Ha ha

[BustedUjoint]

Originally Posted by blkZ06

ha srt member rockin a fn f2000....nice

I like I LIKE!!!! DOES WANT!

[Munky]

Originally Posted by importpower99

HA HA, no I'm not an anti. I just believe more should be done to prevent these types of incidents from happening without infringing on individuals freedoms. This is the second incident with this person and nothing was done to prevent this from happening again. And this gives fuel to the "anti's" about the irresponsible gun owners out there.

And you can't kill as many people with a baseball bat when you compare it to a firearm. It's also tough to hold people hostage with a bat, although I'm pretty sure someone has done it.

You can thank his wife for that. Typical woman cries wolf but then when push comes to shove they never follow through with pressing charges. Just stand by their "man" and continue living the life they say they hate.

[Munky]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

:tst: munky.


gun control is not the answer to any problems. give EVERYONE a gun and see how many people **** up if they know anyone and everyone can take them out.

:facepalm:

[techie]

Originally Posted by blkZ06

ha srt member rockin a fn f2000....nice

I was thinking the same thing! The F2000 is the way to go, brass goes out the front and not to the side!!! Nice!

[Kevin S]

Originally Posted by CHAOS

:gun control is not the answer to any problems. give EVERYONE a gun and see how many people **** up if they know anyone and everyone can take them out.

I could see the CHAOS now.

[Munky]

Plot thickens...

Sheriff lifts license of St. Lawrence gun dealer citing criminal charges against owner
Berks County, PA - Sheriff Eric J. Weaknecht said this afternoon that he has revoked the license of a St. Lawrence gun dealer, who is the wife of the man who was arrested Sunday after a standoff with police in Lower Alsace Township.
Weaknecht said Taryn Fisher, the wife of Jay A. Fisher, held the license to the couple’s retail firearms shop, Gallery Distributing Inc., located at the intersection of Perkiomen and St. Lawrence avenues.
The sheriff said he revoked the woman’s license to sell guns because she was facing criminal charges, but he could not be more specific as to the nature of those charges.
He said Taryn Fisher was being arraigned now on those charges.
Further details as they develop. Read the complete story in Thursday’s Reading Eagle and at readingeagle.com.

http://www.wfmz.com/news/22159341/detail.html

http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/dockets...=CR-0000005-10