--- description: The 53-year-old man was accused of threatening a man with a bow and arrow title: Man Arrested After Falling Asleep During Standoff With Dallas Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Arrested After Falling Asleep During Standoff With Dallas Police by [Todd L. Davis / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Todd L. Davis / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 10:34 PM CUT by [Todd L. Davis / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Todd L. Davis / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 10:34 PM CUT After an overnight standoff, police said they arrested a 53-year-old man accused of threatening a man with a bow and arrow. Several units responded to an emergency disturbance call in the 10400 block of High Hollows Drive at about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to Dallas police. When officers arrived, the victim told them Edward Foy threatened to harm him with a bow and arrow. Foy returned to his home where he barricaded himself, according to police. Officers tried to contact him, but were unsuccessful. SWAT officers arrived and were able to make contact with Foy’s mother, who told them Foy was asleep. . . [_Read more from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Police-Take-Man-Into-Custody-After-Standoff-353566651.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4127640/man-arrested-after-falling-asleep-during-standoff-with-dallas-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4127640/man-arrested-after-falling-asleep-during-standoff-with-dallas-police/"},"headline":"Man Arrested After Falling Asleep During Standoff With Dallas Police","datePublished":"2015-11-25T22:34:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:55:03.353Z","description":"The 53-year-old man was accused of threatening a man with a bow and arrow","url":"https://time.com/4127640/man-arrested-after-falling-asleep-during-standoff-with-dallas-police/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Todd L. Davis / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4127640/man-arrested-after-falling-asleep-during-standoff-with-dallas-police/","name":"Man Arrested After Falling Asleep During Standoff With Dallas Police"}}]}] ```