The standoff occurred Tuesday morning while Pennsylvania State Police were serving Joseph R. Rematt, 33, with a warrant for a domestic incident that occurred on Saturday, Cambria County District Attorney Greg Neugebauer said.

Although charges against Rematt for the standoff are pending, he was transported to the Cambria County Prison and faces charges of kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, simple assault, disorderly conduct, possessing an instrument of crime, terroristic threats and harassment for the incident on Saturday. He was arraigned on those charges Tuesday night and jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail.

“Pennsylvania State Police were attempting to serve the arrest warrant and a standoff ensued,” Neugebauer said, noting the standoff began before noon and ended at about 4 p.m. Tuesday.

“It ended peacefully and nobody was hurt,” Neugebauer said.

State troopers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a Patton residence about noon Tuesday, which prompted a standoff that ended about 4 p.m. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Fourth Avenue was closed off from the public while the standoff ensued.

Patton resident Mike Macaluso, who operates Mike’s barber styling shop from his Fourth Avenue home, said he and his family were confined to their basement during the nearby standoff.

According to Macaluso, police offered to get them out of the house safely, but they chose to remain secured in their basement for a few hours.

“I’m just glad that nobody got hurt or killed,” Macaluso said. “I’m glad the situation turned out for the better.”

The incident forced the Cambria Heights secondary campus in Clearfield Township to be on a perimeter hold lockdown for about 30 minutes, Superintendent Ken Kerchenske said.

During the lockdown, classes were conducted as usual, he said.

“Everything inside the building was operating as normal, but we just weren’t letting anyone from outside the building in during that time,” Kerchenske said. “We appreciated the communication we had with the police. It was pretty seamless to go into that hold.”

According to Kerchenske, once the district was notified by state police that the incident was confined to a single residence and there was no longer any threat to the district, the perimeter hold was lifted.

Parents of students were notified about the situation throughout the day via text messages and automated voice messages from the district, Kerchenske said.

Because roads were closed, Kerchenske said the incident affected the district’s dismissal for some elementary students, who were brought to the high school while their secondary contacts were notified individually, he said.

“My understanding is the parents wouldn’t be able to leave their homes to come get these kids, so we’ll make arrangements for their secondary contact to come pick them up,” Kerchenske said. “In that instance, we’ll notify the parents individually.”

Mirror Staff Writer Matt Churella is at 814-946-7520.