SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. -- Richard Shenkman, the man accused of kidnapping his ex-wife and holding her hostage for more than 12 hours Tuesday, has been released from Hartford Hospital.

Shenkman was taken to the MacDougall-Walker prison in Suffield Thursday morning, according to the Department of Correction. Police said Shenkman was placed on suicide watch at the prison.

Shenkman had been a patient at the hospital following the end of an all-day standoff at the South Windsor home he once shared with his ex-wife, Nancy Tyler.

Shenkman was treated for smoke inhalation after the home police said he holed himself up in went up in flames. Police said Shenkman emerged from the home about an hour after it had been burning.

He was arraigned in his bed at the hospital Wednesday, charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, kidnapping, arson, criminal violation of a protective order, threatening, unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment, interfering with an officer, breach of peace, unlawful discharge of a firearm, reckless burning and inciting injury to persons or property.

During the arraignment, Shenkman laid on a stretcher in the emergency room, his left foot handcuffed as a precaution. He was surrounded by three or four corrections officers and four or five police officers, as well as hospital personnel.

The judge who signed the arrest warrant for the Hartford kidnapping charges on Tuesday set bail at $10 million. Judge Brad Ward set the bail for the South Windsor charges at $2.5 million, producing a $12.5 million total.

Shenkman is accused of kidnapping Tyler from a Hartford parking garage Tuesday morning and taking her back to the Tumblebrook Drive home they once shared.

He is accused of holding her hostage inside the home for more than 12 hours, and had claimed that the house was rigged with explosives. Police negotiated with Shenkman throughout the day, and Tyler was able to escape the home in handcuffs at about 8:30 p.m.

Tyler was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was treated and released.

Members of the Bomb team combed the home's rubble after the fire, and completed the investigation by 5 p.m. Wednesdsay. They said no explosives were found on the property. Police said a small handgun was found near the back of the home. They said investigators were continuing to search the rubble for evidence.
Shenkman, a 60-year-old advertising executive, and Tyler, a 57-year-old attorney, were in the final stages of tumultous divorce proceedings, according to court documents.

Records show that Tyler filed for divorce in 2006. The divorce was ruled final on July 2, 2008, records show, but Shenkman appealed.

In an opinion that was officially released on Tuesday, the state Appellate Court sided with Tyler. Shenkman was also supposed to hand ownership of the South Windsor home to Tyler on Tuesday as part of the divorce settlement. Police said the abduction occurred shortly before Shenkman and Tyler were scheduled to appear in court Tuesday mroning.

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Criminal charges are also pending against Shenkman in connection with a 2007 fire at the couple's Niantic cottage.

According to court documents, the house fire was on March 5, the same day that Shenkman had been ordered to turn the home over to Tyler.