Blogger, Who Broadcast Standoff, Denied Bail

Frank James MacArthur, aka A.F. James MacArthur, was denied bail for gun charges filed after his arrest Saturday night following a standoff with police in Waverly.

A Baltimore State’s Attorney's spokesman confirmed that MacArthur had been denied bail on Wednesday afternoon.

According to electronic court records, he faces charges for illegal possession of a firearm and for possession of an unregistered rifle/shotgun.

MacArthur, 47, Tweeted during a nearly five-hour standoff with police, and live-streamed audio of his conversation with a police negotiator. 

Police had come to take him into custody on a warrant for allegedly violating his probation that was part of a plea agreement on gun charges filed against him in 2009. 

MacArthur eventually signed off the air on Saturday night by playing a recording of Rep. Ron Paul's farewell address to Congress and then peacefully surrendered to police.

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