UPDATE: Police negotiations with roof-top man continue
The cornered alleged car thief is locked in tense negotiations.
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UPDATE 7.10pm: The Depot Hill rooftop stalemate has now ended.
The man eventually came down off the roof of his own volition at approximately 6.15pm before being transported by police to the Rockhampton watch house.
UPDATE 6.15pm: A STAND-OFF is continuing between the man on the roof of a Depot Hill property and police.
A police spokesperson said a negotiator was still talking with the 20-year-old man who was believed to have stolen a car from Yeppoon earlier today.
Police said Ergon was cutting power to the property as a precaution.
The owners of the Depot Hill property told The Morning Bulletin they had no idea the man was on their roof until police arrived at their property when they were leaving, telling them to vacate the property.
EARLIER: POLICE are currently locked in tense negotiations with a man on the roof of a property in Depot Hill, Rockhampton.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said they received the call at 12.20pm about a 20-year old man on the roof of a Woods St property.
A witness said a police negotiator standing in the yard, is locked in discussions with tattooed man wearing a red shirt, and blue shorts who is alternately standing, sitting and waving his arms, on the roof of a green house.
Police have set up an exclusion zone of 100m around the property and road blocks at the intersections of Woods and Denison and Kent Streets using police vehicles and traffic cones.
Earlier today the man allegedly stole a grey Subaru Forrester.
Negotiations are ongoing.
More to follow.
Originally published as UPDATE: Police negotiations with roof-top man continue
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