County Jail: Man In Standoff Released on Bail

A Bernardsville man who was involved in a more than three-hour standoff with police and SWAT team members last week was released on bail over the weekeend, a spokesman at the Somerset County Jail Monday.

According to the spokesman, posted bail and was released Saturday at 1:26 a.m.

The jail spokesman said Medway also paid $1,400 toward a $93,432.01 bill in back child support payments that authorities attempted to serve a warrant for Thursday night that sparked the standoff.

The Somerset County Prosecutor's office had referred questions about whether Medway had been released on Monday to jail officials.

Bail had been set at $2,500 for a disorderly persons charge, and the jail spokesman said bail had been posted on behalf of the Bernardsville man, of Anderson Hill Road.

Capt. Jack Bennett, of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office, said late Monday afternoon that there is no further investigation into the disorderly persons charge against Medway. He said the Bernardsville Municipal Court is responsible for setting the date on that charge.

However, Bennett added said a separate indictable offense against Medway, who also was arrested in 2011 for is pending trial in July.

The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office last Friday issued a statement saying a warrant served on Medway for outstanding child support payments sparked the incident for last Thursday's

For about three hours, residents on Anderson Hill Road on the block north of Old Army Road, and nearby intersections were evacuated, until permitted to return to their homes just after 10 p.m. Authorities were initially unsure whether Medway was holding a hostage, which the prosecutor's office later said had not been the case.

After t at about 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, Medway was transported to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and was then lodged in the Somerset County Jail, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.

"At this point it does not appear that there is any need for the Bernardsville police department to file any additional charges," Bernardsville Police Chief Kevin Valentine said in an email on Tuesday morning. "As far as we are concerned there is no further investigation needed by us at this time, however the case will not be closed until it is adjudicated." He said that the county sheriff's department had filed a complaint against Medway that will be adjudicated in Bernardsville Municipal Court.