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Updated: Thursday, 09 Jul 2009, 11:30 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 09 Jul 2009, 11:24 AM EDT

    Hartford (AP) - Connecticut's Correction Department says a man accused of holding his ex-wife hostage and burning down their South Windsor house during a standoff has been released from a hospital and taken to prison.

    An agency spokesman says 60-year-old Richard Shenkman was brought to a prison in Suffield on Wednesday after being released from Hartford Hospital, where he was treated for smoke inhalation.

    Shenkman is being held in lieu of $12.5 million bond on kidnapping, arson and other charges.

    Police say he abducted Nancy Tyler Tuesday morning and held her hostage at the South Windsor home they used to share during a 13-hour standoff with authorities.

    Officials say Tyler got out of the house before Shenkman set it aflame and eventually surrendered.
     

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