Antioch Police Arrest Man After Standoff

On December 15, 2017 at 11:04 am, an Antioch Officer responded to an apartment complex on Hudson Ct. on a report of an unknown male trespassing and sleeping in his vehicle.

When the officer approached the suspect, the suspect fled on foot into a neighboring apartment complex in the 3900 block of Delta Fair Blvd.

The suspect who fled was identified to have a warrant for his arrest for a Domestic Violence, Burglary and Assault with a Deadly Weapon case out of Antioch.

As the suspect fled, he forced his way into an apartment on Delta Fair Blvd. threatening the residents that he had a gun. The residents were able to escape the apartment leaving the suspect barricaded inside.

According to Antioch Police Captain Tony Morefield, Patrol Officers were then able to quickly surround the apartment and evacuate all of the neighboring units. After multiple attempts to order the suspect out of the apartment over the loud speaker, the Antioch PD SWAT and Hostage Negotiation Team were called in and took over the scene.

After a several hour long stand-off with the barricaded suspect, he was located by SWAT Team members in one of the neighboring apartment units after he had tunneled through a narrow, ceiling crawl space and broke through the ceiling into that unit.

The suspect was arrested without further incident and taken to the County Jail in Martinez to be booked on his warrant and additional charges from today’s incident.

No further information was released, including the subjects name.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Antioch Police at (925) 778-2441. You may also text a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) using key word ANTIOCH.