{"id":62101,"date":"2025-02-14T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=62101"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:09:55","slug":"man-charged-following-36-hour-police-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/man-charged-following-36-hour-police-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged following 36-hour police standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man is due to appear in court today after being charged in connection with a major police incident in Sheffield earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>47-year-old Yaqub Younis was charged with affray, communicating false information with a bomb hoax, intentionally\/recklessly causing a public nuisance, and criminal damage last night, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;On Monday just after 7pm, we responded to an incident concerning a man inside a property on Broad Street, alleged to be in possession of weapons and posing a risk.&#8221; a spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this, police put a large cordon in place, closing Broad Street and the Sheffield Parkway for the protection of the public whilst specialist armed police officers carried out work in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cordon was gradually reduced in scale over the 36-hour period, with Younis eventually being arrested early on Wednesday 12 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is due to appear in Sheffield Magistrates&#8217; Court later today, February 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man is due to appear in court today after being charged in connection with a major police incident in Sheffield earlier this week. 47-year-old Yaqub Younis was charged with affray, communicating false information with a bomb hoax, intentionally\/recklessly causing a public nuisance, and criminal damage last night, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed. &#8220;On Monday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":54353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,21,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","category-top-story-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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