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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pleasant Hills, PA) A man is now in custody after a SWAT situation occurred in Pleasant Hills yesterday. Police were called to the 100 block of Broadway Drive on the early afternoon of yesterday. Forty-two-year-old Dennis Maloy was escorted by SWAT officers out of his home after police state he threatened to kill both his own four young children and officers. According to Pleasant Hills Police Chief Brian Finnerty, a social worker came to do a welfare check at the home on Broadway Drive when Maloy threatened her. Then she made a call to 911 and when officers arrived, Chief Finnerty stated Maloy made more threats. SWAT officers made a decision to set off flash bangs and go inside the home and then bring Maloy outside of the house. Maloy is facing charges of several counts of terroristic threats.