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Arkansas man in custody after holding daughter hostage in Cleburne County home

44-year-old Joseph Herrera is in custody after a hostage situation in Pangburn early Sunday morning.

PANGBURN, Ark. — According to the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office, a man has turned himself in after a hostage situation in Pangburn on Sunday, Feb. 6.

According to the authorities, deputies arrived at a house on Chinkapin Drive just outside of Pangburn after a caller claimed that 44-year-old Joseph Herrera was holding his daughter hostage after an altercation.

The complainant, who shared the daughter with Herrera, told deputies Herrera took their daughter hostage after a fight.

The Heber Springs SWAT team along with Arkansas State Police SWAT and a negotiation team were called. 

Late Sunday morning, the Arkansas State Police SWAT team "was able to rescue the daughter, and the search for Joseph is on-going."

Herrera was wanted for terroristic threatening, possession of a firearm, and "several other charges."

He turned himself in Monday and is in custody of the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office.

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