
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 31, 1990                   TAG: 9003310328
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

ARMED WOMAN HOLDS OFF POLICE IN TV STAR'S HOME

A rifle-toting woman accused of having harassed actress Sharon Gless for years surrendered peacefully Friday after a seven-hour standoff with police inside the "Cagney and Lacey" star's home.

Joni Leigh Penn, 30, who in the past had threatened to kill herself in front of the actress, put down a loaded .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle and surrendered to officers inside Gless' Studio City home at 10 a.m., said police Capt. Dan Watson. Gless was not home at the time. - Associated Press

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