Cheese toastie leads to police stand-off

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Hard cheese as toastie dispute ends with police

A man is in custody after a family dispute over a cheese toastie escalated into a stand-off with police. Maryland officials say Daniel Brian Blackwell (pictured above) became enraged when his wife took a bite of his toastie and opened fire at her from the basement of their family home. After his wife and daughter fled, Blackwell barricaded himself inside the house before surrendering to police five hours later.

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