Middleburg Standoff Over Foreclosure

MIDDLEBURG, FL -- A Clay County couple barricaded themselves in their home for more than three hours. Police say it was a standoff over a foreclosure.

George and Bonnie Mangum's home on Long Horn Road had gone through foreclosure. Police say they refused to come out Wednesday afternoon when police tried to deliver an eviction notice.

"This is my home, this is all our home and I don't think it's right. My dad was a Green Beret, he's sick, how are you going to kick him out?" asks the couple's daughter, Robin Mangum.

Deputies say when they came to the door George Mangum threatened to shoot someone.

"He did the only thing he knew to do, protect his family, all he did was sit on the other side of the door and say I have a gun, I have a gun and that's why he's going to jail because he threatened the police," says Bonnie Mangum.

Deputies took the threats seriously knowing George Mangum owned several guns.

They surrounded the house and evacuated neighbors.

Deputies were able to convince Mangum to come out by promising to investigate possible fraud in his foreclosure.

The Mangums say a company promised to help them out of foreclosure, but just made it worse and took their money.

George Mangum is charged with interfering with a civil process and aggravated assault.