Armed parolee from Diamond Bar arrested after standoff at Pasadena motel


PASADENA >> Police arrested a parolee from Diamond Bar armed with a loaded handgun after he holed-up inside a Pasadena motel room on Wednesday night, officials said.
Jaime Garcia Jr., 28, was booked on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a loaded handgun following his arrest about 10:15 p.m. at a motel in the 2000 block of East Colorado Boulevard, according to Pasadena police officials and Los Angeles County booking records.
Officers first responded to the motel about 7:20 p.m. after staff reported a guest who had failed to pay his bill, refused to check and locked staff out of the motel room, Pasadena police Lt. John Luna said.
When officers tried to speak with him, he closed the door on them as well, the lieutenant said.
After spending about an hour negotiating with the man for about an hour, officers persuaded him to surrender, Luna said.
Inside his motel room, police found a loaded handgun, he said. Garcia is on active parole for a prior robbery conviction.
Garcia was being held without bail pending his initial court appearance, records show.

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