3-year-old safe, father in custody after he barricaded them inside truck on Gandy Boulevard: St. Pet

A 3-year-old boy is safe and his father is in custody after he barricaded himself and the child inside a pickup truck for hours early Tuesday on Gandy Boulevard, the St. Petersburg Police Department said. It all started around 11:30 p.m. Monday as a "domestic incident" at a home on Norfolk Street N near 18th Avenue in St. Petersburg. Police spokesperson Yolanda Fernandez said officers were called around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and were told the man, 32-year-old Matthew Perkins had been "acting erratically" throughout the night and took the child. Perkins then drove around the area for some time before ending up crashing on Gandy Boulevard under the Interstate 275 overpass, Fernandez said. And that's where police responded, assisted by both the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and Pinellas Park Police Department. MORE: https://bit.ly/3f4ayi8 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook:   / 10tampabay   ►Twitter:   / 10tampabay