Sex offender, Rory Robertson, in his bid to avoid arrest on multiple outstanding warrants shot fireworks at NC police during an hour-long standoff with police in Durham, NC on Monday

Cops said the explosive standoff started after an officer pulled over Robertson, 46, around 6:00 a.m. on Monday as he drove away from his home in Durham, NC

Robertson police said, ignored multiple commands from cops, and soon began to aim and shoot fireworks at officers and a police cruiser parked outside the house

Standoff ended when Robertson came rushing at officers before he was subdued with a hail of non-lethal PepperBall rounds

Robertson who was convicted in 2009 for a felony sex assault, is also facing a competency hearing in October on stalking and sex assault offenses he allegedly committed in 2024

Rory Robertson, [photo], a registered sex offender, got into an explosive standoff with cops in North Carolina, early Monday. An officer tried to pulled him over on outstanding warrants after he drove away from his home in Durham, NC, police said

A New Hampshire sex offender went berserk when police tried to arrest him early Monday on several outstanding warrants, blasting fireworks at officers in an explosive standoff.
Rory Robertson, 46, who is wanted on several outstanding warrants, including breach of bail, violation of bail conditions, and theft, left the house a little after 8 a.m. but allegedly went postal when cops tried to pull him over Monday after he left his home in Durham, authorities said.
Instead of stopping, the subject bolted and then barricaded himself inside a house, police said.
Robertson, police said, is a registered sex offender who had outstanding warrants on charges of breach of bail, violation of bail conditions, and theft by unauthorized taking charges.
Officers said Robertson attempted to avoid a police vehicle and drove back to his residence where he aimed and discharged fireworks in the direction of law enforcement officers and a marked patrol car.
Holed up in the home Robertson not only ignored multiple commands from cops, and soon began to aim and shoot fireworks at officers. Robertson reportedly lobbed a plethora of pyrotechnics at officers, law enforcement said, including one “large shell style firework” that nearly struck a cop, before it exploded underneath the police cruiser. .

Bolting into a house, ignoring multiple commands, Robertson instead began shooting fireworks at officers and a cruiser parked outside the house. The escalating engagement prompted police to issue a shelter-in-place order to residents in the area

Rory Robertson came rushing at officers before he was subdued with a hail of non-lethal PepperBall rounds. No officers were injured in the standoff

The wild light show prompted police to put out a shelter-in-place request for residents near the home. 
The standoff ended after more than an hour when Robertson left the home and walked directly toward police officers. Officers deployed several Pepper Ball rounds, one struck Robertson who was transported to the hospital for treatment.
He was taken into custody and treated for minor injuries before being transported to the Strafford County House of Corrections. No officers were injured in the standoff, according to the police report.
Robertson who was convicted in 2009 for a felony sex assault, is also facing a competency hearing in October on alleged stalking and sex assault offenses he allegedly committed in 2024. In addition to his outstanding charges, Robertson also faces charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and criminal threatening, among others, police said. 
The Durham Police Department said he had multiple opportunities to turn himself in before the standoff.