Suspect holds authorities at bay in Md. motel

A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up in a western Maryland hotel Thursday with a woman believed to be his pregnant girlfriend, and had threatened to kill her and any officers who approached him, police said. The standoff began around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when state troopers and sheriff's deputies went to the America's Best Value Inn on Md. 522 in Hancock to arrest 26-year-old James A. Prevatt III, Maryland State police spokesman Greg Shipley said. Shipley said the suspect threatened to kill a woman in the room with him and any officers who tried to arrest him. The woman is thought to be Prevatt's 21-year-old girlfriend, and Shipley said she is believed to be in the late stages of pregnancy. Authorities don't know if Prevatt is the baby's father. Troopers and deputies evacuated about 12 of the 20 rooms in the... [read full story]