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Hostage standoff ends peacefully in Hempstead

A quiet Hempstead neighborhood was the scene of 12-hour police standoff when a man held his girlfriend and her children hostage Wednesday. Police went to interview 27-year-old Emory Roberts concerning

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May 3, 2006, 7:11 PM

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