No charges yet for man involved in standoff

The man involved in a sixhour standoff with police at a home in Mount Pearl on Tuesday was arrested by police but hasn’t been charged with anything yet.

Police arrested Justin Wiseman on a parole warrant, having received information earlier Tuesday that he was seen in the Jersey Avenue area.

He was taken into custody for the parole violation, but police haven’t charged him with anything new. There’s an ongoing investigation, the RNC confirmed to The Telegram on Wednesday, but police declined to say whether or not it was related to an armed robbery at a nearby Marie’s Mini Mart earlier Tuesday.

“Our criminal investigation division is working diligently on both matters, and at this time we can’t say for sure what involvement or connection that this individual may have had with that,” RNC Const. Geoff Higdon said.

Police officers forced their way into the Jersey Avenue home when they learned a fire had started inside. They escorted Wiseman out and onto a stretcher.

He was then lifted into an ambulance and brought to hospital with minor injuries.

Tuesday’s standoff was not a first for Wiseman.

In May 2013, he was holed up inside a house on Springdale Street with a shotgun when he was suspected of committing an armed robbery. That armed standoff with police lasted nearly nine hours.

In November 2013, Wiseman pleaded guilty to 17 charges, including weapons offences and two counts of armed robbery.

In November 2014, Wiseman was convicted for his role in a riot in the chapel at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary. Surveillance footage showed showed inmates attacking convicted killer Kenny Green, beating him, stabbing him with homemade knives and hitting him with a broken pew.