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(AP) --  A former Camden County sheriff's deputy has been taken into custody after threatening to take his own life and holding off police for more than an hour at the St. Marys
Airport. 

Authorities said Robert Lauf was distraught after being evicted from a mobile home lot at the airport. He was armed with a handgun when the standoff began about 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.  Police Chief Tim Hatch said Lauf allowed police close enough to talk, but resisted their efforts to take him into custody. Hatch said officers distracted Lauf using an explosive device, then got close enough to subdue him with a Taser. 

Hatch said Lauf was taken to a St. Marys hospital for a mental health evaluation.

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