@japdmedia26: Cary, North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸 — A state Senate candidate was arrested Monday, October 26, after an hours-long standoff with police in Cary, near the Lochmere neighborhood. Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina Senate District 16, was taken into custody around 3 p.m., according to local reports. The incident began when Cary police conducted a welfare check at his home around 8:26 a.m. During the standoff, Miller posted updates on X, including: “The whole police department is chasing me with guns drawn. This should be fun.” He later wrote: “I’ve got six shots and the high ground. I hope they don’t find me, but if they do it’s going to be a hell of a show,” Cary Police Chief Terry Sult said officers encountered Miller with a firearm and ordered him not to touch it. According to Sult, “he had a firearm and was ordered not to touch it, and he took off running.” Miller also reportedly called WRAL during the incident and said he had posted a suicide note on social media the previous night. What charges does he face? According to the report, Miller faces charges of communicating threats, resisting officers and going armed to the terror of the public. His court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, in Wake County. Police said no one was injured during the standoff. Miller is running against Democratic incumbent Gale Adcock and Republican Philip Hensley. The case remains subject to the legal process, and the charges are allegations. 📌 Sources: WRAL, WBTV and WXII. #MillerSultAdcockHensley #Cary #NorthCarolina #USA #japd

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Tuesday 27 October 2026 18:43:53 GMT