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WANTED MAN JAILED AFTER TINGLER ROAD STANDOFF

(Richmond, IN)--There was a standoff on Tingler Road just northwest of Richmond Monday night.  Deputies went there to try to take 34-year-old Robert Vanmeter into custody.  Vanmeter was wanted for parole violations on an aggravated battery case.  Vanmeter refused to come out of a house on Tingler Road.  Deputies surrounded it and began trying to convince Vanmeter to come out.  After about an hour, Vanmeter surrendered without incident.  He was being held Tuesday morning on a $50,000 bond.