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Hostage Taker in Custody

Police arrest man who holed up in Clinton office in NH

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2007 5:26 PM CST
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(Newser) – The hostage situation at Hillary Clinton's Rochester, NH, campaign office ended peacefully after six hours this evening when a local man identified as Leeland Eisenberg surrendered to police. The final hostage left the building moments before the hostage-taker, who knelt on the ground and was handcuffed and bundled into a police car, the Boston Herald reports

About 45 minutes before Eisenberg and his wife were scheduled for a domestic violence hearing, he entered the office and claimed to have a bomb strapped to his chest. He also called CNN and said he had been unable to get help for his mental problems. A nearby restaurant owner said Eisenberg's son told him his dad "had been drinking for 48 hours and had road flares strapped to him."

Police work after a man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and initially took at least four hostages, police and witnesses said, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. in Rochester, N.H. The man entered the office around 1 p.m., ordered people onto...
Police work after a man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and initially took at least four hostages, police and witnesses said, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007....   (Associated Press)
A hostage runs from the Hillary Clinton campaign office, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A hostage runs from the Hillary Clinton campaign office, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)   (Associated Press)
A police tactical squad stands outside Hillary Clinton's campaign office Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. A mentally unstable man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday, took hostages and demanded to speak to...
A police tactical squad stands outside Hillary Clinton's campaign office Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. A mentally unstable man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest...   (Associated Press)
Leeland Eisenberg, the man suspected of taking hostages at a Hillary Clinton campaign office, in van at left in white shirt, arrives at police headquarters after surrendering, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. Shortly after releasing the last of at least four hostages, Leeland walked out of...
Leeland Eisenberg, the man suspected of taking hostages at a Hillary Clinton campaign office, in van at left in white shirt, arrives at police headquarters after surrendering, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in...   (Associated Press)
Leeland Eisenberg is seen in this 2007 photo in Rochester, N.Y. A law enforcement official confirmed that Leeland Eisenberg was the man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest who walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday, Nov. 30. 2007, took several hostages...
Leeland Eisenberg is seen in this 2007 photo in Rochester, N.Y. A law enforcement official confirmed that Leeland Eisenberg was the man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest who walked...   (Associated Press)
In this image taken from AP Television News, S.W.A.T. team members escort a hostage out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H. Friday Nov. 30, 2007. A man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Clinton campaign and took at least two hostages,...
In this image taken from AP Television News, S.W.A.T. team members escort a hostage out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H. Friday Nov. 30, 2007. A man claiming to have a bomb...   (Associated Press)
A man suspected of taking hostages surrenders to police outside a Hillary Clinton campaign office, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A man suspected of taking hostages surrenders to police outside a Hillary Clinton campaign office, Friday Nov. 30, 2007 in downtown Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)   (Associated Press)
In this image taken from WMU- TV, S.W.A.T. team members escort a hostage out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H. Friday Nov. 30, 2007. A man claiming to have a bomb walked into a Clinton campaign and took at least two hostages, police...
In this image taken from WMU- TV, S.W.A.T. team members escort a hostage out of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, N.H. Friday Nov. 30, 2007. A man claiming to have a bomb walked...   (Associated Press)
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