{"id":179648,"date":"2025-06-12T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179648\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T23:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:50:13","slug":"police-make-aston-lane-arrest-as-full-statement-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179648\/","title":{"rendered":"Police make Aston Lane arrest as full statement issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Police have arrested a man in Perry Barr this evening, Thursday June 12<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_JS372268290.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>West Midlands Police responding to reports of a man on a roof on Aston Lane in Perry Barr on June 12<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man was arrested in Perry Barr this evening following an incident on Aston Lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services swooped on Aston Lane just after 5pm on Thursday, June 12, to reports of a &#8220;man on top of a roof.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Aston Lane and surrounding roads, including Kenilworth Road and London Road, were sealed off and residents were evacuated from nearby homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/aston-lane-blocked-live-police-31846596\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Aston Lane blocked live as police respond to &#039;man on roof&#039; and homes evacuatedLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Lane blocked live as police respond to &#8216;man on roof&#8217; and homes evacuated<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> confirmed officers were on Aston Lane where a man was &#8220;on top of a roof&#8221; and &#8220;negotiators and specialist officers&#8221; were brought in to bring the incident to a safe conclusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force said &#8220;a number of houses&#8221; were evacuated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Police confirmed at 7.40pm to BirminghamLive that a man had been arrested at Aston Lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A force spokesperson said: &#8220;A man has been arrested following an incident in Aston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\"\/>&#8220;We were called to Aston Lane after reports of a man on the roof of a building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The cordon which was being held has now been taken down and the incident has been brought to a close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">BirminghamLive was at the scene this evening as emergency service crews, including a helicopter and multiple drones were brought in to attend the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Our reporter at the scene described the &#8220;waiting game&#8221; facing residents as they waited for 999 crews to clear the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The exact location of the incident on Aston Lane has not been specified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Aston Lane is expected to reopen imminently and bus services to return back to normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police have arrested a man in Perry Barr this evening, Thursday June 12West Midlands Police responding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,15267,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-179648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-perry-barr","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114673079181426717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}