Update: Holt standoff ends without incident Sunday

Holt Standoff

A man wanted in Tuscaloosa on drug charges was arrested without incident Sunday after he barricaded himself inside a home near the old Holt High School in Holt.

Lafarr Coleman, 31, had barricaded himself inside the home after law enforcement officials attempted arresting him on an active warrant for first-degree marijuana possession.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office called for a SWAT team, which entered the building and took Coleman into custody.

Coleman was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, and has been charged with:

  • First-degree possession of marijuana (he was already facing arrest on this charge)
  • Resisting arrest
  • Second-degree possession of marijuana
  • Possession of drug paraphernalia
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