Bridges surrenders: Police capture fugitive in church basement after armed standoff

  • By Emily Ford
    eford@salisburypost.com
  • Sunday, January 27th, 2013
    John Knox Bridges

    John Knox Bridges

    Police officers talk to members of Maupin Avenue ARP Church after the standoff with Knox Bridges, who attended the church. He was wanted for skipping out on a sentencing hearing Friday in Charlotte. He defrauded people of $2.3 million.

    Police officers talk to members of Maupin Avenue ARP Church after the standoff with Knox Bridges, who attended the church. He was wanted for skipping out on a sentencing hearing Friday in Charlotte. He defrauded people of $2.3 million.

    Emily Ford/Salisbury Post A police officer leaves Maupin Avenue ARP Church in the Volvo driven by fugitive Knox Bridges, who was hiding in the church and had a brief armed standoff Saturday night with Salisbury police.

    Emily Ford/Salisbury Post A police officer leaves Maupin Avenue ARP Church in the Volvo driven by fugitive Knox Bridges, who was hiding in the church and had a brief armed standoff Saturday night with Salisbury police.