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Police: Plum Standoff Suspect Threatened To Shoot Wife In The Head

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PLUM (KDKA) -- A man who caused a SWAT situation in Plum Borough was taken into custody Thursday afternoon.

The incident started sometime around 2 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of Coxcomb Hill Road. Multiple police cars surrounded the house and officers could be seen with their weapons drawn.

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Later, suspect Roy Olsavsky, 49, had few words to say as he left the Plum Borough Police Station. He told reporters "nothing happened guys," as he was placed in a police car to be transported to the Allegheny County Jail.

According to his Facebook page, Olsavsky most recently worked as a chef at UPMC, describing himself as a personal catering chef.

He was arrested after heavily-armed police officers showed up at his Coxcomb Hill Road home. A standoff there came to a close after about four hours. The few neighbors in the immediate area were told to stay indoors until the incident was over.

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Plum Police Chief Jeffrey Armstrong said Olsavsky and his wife got into a fight Wednesday night. She threatened to divorce him. She works out of their home, and in a burst of anger, he cut off the internet, and threatened to shoot her in the head.

That was the breaking point, the police chief said.

Olsavsky's wife has now obtained a Protection From Abuse Order, and when Plum Police went to serve him with the PFA on Thursday afternoon, he refused to answer the door.

Chief Armstrong said they knew Olsavsky had several guns because of his violent threats, including one to burn down the house. That's why an Allegheny County SWAT Unit was called in around 5 p.m.

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But after a series of text and phone conversations, Olsavsky agreed to come out of the house around 6:10 p.m. He was then taken into custody.

No one was hurt during the incident.

His wife told police that her husband "had a history of getting mad, throwing and breaking things."

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