Stephen Manfredi Surrenders, Manhunt is Over

A felon who caused French Hill Elementary School lockout when hostage negotiators and a Special Response Team surrounded his house on Baldwin Road early Wednesday morning has turned himself in.

Stephen Manfredi, 37, of Yorktown, surrendered to members of the Department of Probation and the County Police Warrant-Fugitive Unit on Thursday at around 11:30 a.m. Department of Probation had made contact with Manfredi via cell phone and were trying to get him to surrender, county police spokesperson Kieran O'Leary said.

The manhunt began when town police received a call at 9:08 a.m. Wednesday to help county probation officers arrest the suspect for a violation of probation on a prior felony DWI conviction. Investigators said they heard movement inside and believed the man had barricaded himself in the house.

It turns out no one but the man's dog and two cats were home.

Manfredi has a violent criminal history and has been previously charged with criminal possession of an assault rifle, possession of a weapon and assault second degree.

He was brought to county court in White Plains Thursday afternoon and was awaiting arraignment, O'Leary said. Manfredi was sent to county jail in Valhalla, and his bail was set to $15,000.

He is due back in court on July 13.