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DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The latest about a man armed with a knife who is accused of holding 11 children and a woman inside a Georgia motel room for nearly five hours, keeping police at bay. All times local:
4:35 p.m.
DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James says a man facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction for holding his girlfriend and 11 children inside a motel room was supposed to begin a prison sentence in November on other charges.
James says 36-year-old Korrie Thomas pleaded guilty last year to armed robbery and aggravated assault and was supposed to begin nine years behind bars in mid-November, followed by probation.
Online jail records show Thomas had been arrested on seven other occasions in DeKalb County, including charges of battery. Only the 2015 armed robbery and aggravated assault case appears in the county's online court records.
Police entered the Decatur motel room after hours surrounding the building and found that Thomas had stabbed himself, causing a critical injury.
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12:55 p.m.
A county official says authorities are helping a woman and 11 children find safe housing after police say they were held in a motel room by a man with a knife.
Authorities say the woman's boyfriend, 36-year-old Korrie Thomas, held her and the children inside the room for about five hours before stabbing his own neck. He was critically injured.
He faces charges of false imprisonment and obstruction.
DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center Director Trenny Stovall says authorities believe the woman and Thomas are parents of 10 of the children. She says the oldest child is believed to be Thomas' brother.
None of the children were injured. Stovall says the children were attending school and living in the motel, but it's not clear how long the family was there or how many rooms they used.
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11:15 a.m.
Police say a man facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction held his girlfriend and 11 children inside a motel room for about five hours.
DeKalb County Police Major Steve Fore said police aren't sure of 36-year-old Korrie Thomas' relationship to any of the children. He said the children are related to each other and ranged in age from 3 months old to 17 years old.
Police initially responded to the motel in Decatur because of a domestic assault report. After surrounding the motel for several hours, a SWAT team entered the room and found Thomas had stabbed himself in the neck. No one else was injured.
He was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning.
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10:40 a.m.
Police say a man armed with a knife held nearly a dozen children and a woman inside a motel room for about five hours before he stabbed himself.
He has been taken to a hospital in critical condition. No one else was injured.
Police were initially called to the motel in Decatur because of a domestic assault. Authorities surrounded the motel near Atlanta when the man refused to leave a room and let the children go. They negotiated with him without success and eventually SWAT stormed the room.
Police say as they entered, they found 36-year-old Korrie Thomas had stabbed himself in the neck. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning.
Police say Thomas is facing charges of false imprisonment and obstruction. Jail records didn't list an attorney for Thomas.
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