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Man involved in April standoff at Amazon Park indicted

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DOVER - The Rochester man who forced a standoff with police at his Amazon Park home in April has been indicted on reckless conduct and criminal threatening charges.

According to court documents, Ryan Cortina, 30, of 105 Whitehouse Road, Lot, 83, threatened to fill his trailer with propane and blow it up and placed a "booby trap" that could have discharged a .22 caliber bullet harming a Rochester Police detective and officers.

Cortina had been arrested on nine charges in the April 19 incident including felony possession of an infernal machine (for allegedly possession an instrument or device and Cortina not being of police, fire, or military personnel) and reckless conduct (for allegedly having materials to blow up the trailer) as well as misdemeanor charges for domestic violence assault x 5, false imprisonment and criminal mischief.

The standoff at Amazon Park brought together one of the largest contingents of law enforcement in the Northern Seacoast in recent memory, including SWAT and explosives teams and State Police.

The standoff began a little after 3 p.m. when Cortina, who was sought for questioning regarding an alleged domestic assault earlier in the day, refused to come out of his mobile home and began barricading his doors and windows with furniture and other items, Rochester Police Capt. Jason Thomas said the day after the incident. Thomas also said one of the responding officers saw Cortina had a weapon, which intensified the police response.

The standoff officially ended around midnight when a Bearcat was used to stave in the entrance of Cortina's mobile home.

After the entrance was breached State Police used a robot from their Explosive Disposal Unit to enter the residence and scan the premises for the suspect, after which police entered and took him into custody without incident.

An indictment is not an indication of guilt, rather that enough evidence has been gathered to warrant a trial.

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