Authorities release more information about man found dead after 25 hour standoff with law enforcement

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– We’re learning more details about an incident this weekend where a man barricaded himself inside a home for several hours. Lexington Police say officers went to the home on Cherry Hall Drive on Saturday for questioning about a possible sexual assault involving a minor. That’s where they found 52-year-old Allen Russell Meadows, who refused to come out of his home and made threats of suicide.

Authorities say detectives met with a teenage victim during the standoff who said there was a series of ongoing sexual assaults involving Meadows over the past nine years, starting when the victim was 8-years-old. Warrants for criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree and solicitation of a minor were written during the incident.

Allen Russell Meadows
Source: Lexington Police Department

After about 25 hours of negotiating, police say Meadows took his own life.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office are investigating.