1/26/23

An armed barricade situation in Rockingham County last night ended peacefully.

Rockingham County sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 10-thousand block of Ore Bank Road in the Grottoes area for reports of a domestic disturbance.

Authorities said that once on scene, they found a person with a firearm barricaded inside the home.

Rockingham County sheriff Bryan Hutcheson told WSVA News that while the situation seemed dangerous at first, cooler heads ultimately prevailed.

Hutcheson reported that 45-year-old Jeffrey Mace Senior was arrested and charged with one count of brandishing a firearm. He is currently being held at Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail.