Update: Man in Standoff ID'ed

Update, 9:08 a.m.: The man’s name who held police at bay overnight after barricading himself in his aparment when they tried to serve him an arrest warrant is Christopher Loughlin, 42. He was charged with Criminal Contempt, 2nd Degree.

He will be arraigned in district court in Central Islip today or tomorrow, police said.

According to police reports, Oct. 10 for threatening an ex-girlfriend over the phone. He was arrested again on Oct. 15 for criminal contempt in the second degree for violating a court order of protection.

Update, 8:45 a.m.: issued a statement regarding the incident that necessitated the closure of Route 25A from late Tuesday night to early Wednesday morning.

"At 10:53 pm last evening, Second Precinct Precinct Crime Control officers and uniformed police officers arrived at 694B Ft. Salonga Road, East Northport to serve an arrest warrant on a male at the residence," police said. 

"The subject barricaded himself within the residence.  As per operating procedure, a command post was set-up and K9 units, hostage negotiators and Emergency Services were called in. The subject was alone. There were no hostages. Fort Salonga Road (State Route 25A) was closed between Laurel and Vernon Valley roads."

The situation was over at approximately 7:10 a.m. 

The proprietors of a commercial business located downstairs, , were not involved.

Update, 7:45 a.m.: Sources say a man has been taken in to custody after holding police at bay for more than eight hours, necessitating closure of the road.

The incident may have been spurred when police tried to serve the man with an order of protection in favor of someone else.

Original article: Suffolk police have closed Route 25A in Northport from the intersection of Laurel Avenue to Gilbert Street reportedly because of an emergency situation involving an upstairs residential tenant at 694 Fort Salonga Road.

The department's S.W.A.T. team is on the scene as is the Northport Police Department and Northport Fire Department.

Witnesses say that police went to the location late last night to serve a warrant to a male tenant. The man resisted and possibly has a gun, but police would not confirm that Wednesday morning.

A Suffolk police officer would say only that the road is closed off "for tactical reasons."

Northport Patch will continue to follow this story.