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Couple holding attorney hostageGeorgia authorities try to negotiate surrender amid bomb fears
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS(CNN) -- A couple claiming to have a bomb held a lawyer hostage in his Georgia office Monday while negotiators tried to persuade them to surrender, authorities said. The standoff near the Bulloch County courthouse prompted city officials to cancel a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Statesboro, about 50 miles northwest of Savannah, City Manager George Wood said. "The individuals have indicated that they are very upset with some legal issues from the recent past and want to get those issues resolved," Wood said in a written statement Monday afternoon. "They want to call attention to this case, and they hope to have the issues resolved peacefully. We are doing everything possible to end this situation without anyone being hurt." The nature of the legal issues in question was unclear Monday evening. The couple took over the lawyer's office about 9:15 a.m. and let two people go shortly afterward, said John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. There were no reports of injuries in the standoff, he said. Wood said hostage negotiators were in contact with the couple, who "indicated they have an improvised explosive device." The area around the office was cordoned off, and surrounding buildings were evacuated. He identified the man as Robert Eugene Brower, 43. The woman's name was not released. The GBI, Georgia State Patrol, Bulloch County sheriff's deputies and the FBI were assisting Statesboro police in the standoff, Bankhead said. 
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