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Kan. man jailed on stalking, kidnapping charges after standoff

Chandler-photo Shawnee County
Chandler-photo Shawnee County

SHAWNEE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a suspect after a Tuesday standoff at a home in Topeka.

Just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a home in the 3700 Block of Southeast Humboldt after report of a domestic dispute, according to a media release.

The suspect barricaded himself inside the residence and refused to come out.

After a few hours of negotiation, Kevin Roy Chandler, 58, was taken into custody and booked into the Shawnee County jail on charges of kidnapping, domestic battery, violation of a protection order, criminal threat, stalking and driving without a license.

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