By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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TAMPA — A 38-year-old man barricaded himself, a woman and her 4-year-old son in an apartment Tuesday morning after police responded to a call of shots fired near 109th and Florida Avenue.
Police say Antowonie Noland, a felon who was recently released from prison, would not come out of the apartment at 10915 Bourbon Court for hours. Police went to the apartment after receiving a call of shot fired shortly after midnight and got permission from Noland's girlfriend, Carmen Baz, to search the home when he was not there, officials said.
Police discovered an AK-47 rifle that was involved in a 2007 Tampa Police case, though no further details were given about the case. Police confiscated the weapon and Noland returned around 6 a.m.
Noland he refused to come out of the apartment once he was inside, police said, and Baz and the sleeping boy, Raphahel, stayed with him. Tampa Police tactical unit responded, treating it as a hostage situation, though they later said the Baz stayed in the apartment willingly.
Two hours later, Baz agreed to open the door and Noland agreed to lay on his stomach with his hands out. He was taken into custody.
Noland, who has been arrested 19 times, will be charged as a felon with a weapon, police said.
