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UPDATED: Monterey Park stabbing suspect arrested after two-hour standoff in East Los Angeles

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EAST LOS ANGELES >> Officials arrested a teenage Monterey Park stabbing suspect following a two-hour standoff at an East Los Angeles home on Friday, officials said.
The incident began just after 11 a.m. in the 3500 block of East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Deputy Caroline Rodriguez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau said in a written statement.
Police and deputies went to the home to serve a search warrant as part of the investigation into a Wednesday morning stabbing outside a motel in the 300 block of South Garfield Avenue in Monterey Park, Monterey Park police Lt. Gus Jimenez said.
One suspect, described a man, was taken into custody shortly after the alleged attack, Monterey Park police officials said in a written statement. But a second teenage suspect remained at large.
•Related: Man wounded in Monterey Park stabbing
The young man refused orders to exit the home when police arrived with a search warrant, officials said.
A sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau SWAT team, as well as crisis negotiators, were summoned to the scene, Rodriguez said. Nearby homes were evacuated during the standoff.
The holed-up suspect surrendered to deputies shortly after 1 p.m., Jimenez said.
Both suspects are accused of attempted murder, police said. The identity of the adult suspect was not released Friday.

PHOTO courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

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UPDATE: Man arrested following standoff in East Pasadena

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EAST PASADENA >> Deputies used teargas to arrest a man on suspicion after he threatened a shopkeeper with a large knife, smashed windows at the market and then holed up inside his apartment next door for five hours on Thursday, officials said.
Ceasar Jimenez, 27, was ultimately booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats and vandalism, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Reyes said.
Deputies first responded to the market in the 3600 block of East Colorado Boulevard about 11:10 a.m. after receiving reports that a man in his 20s was breaking the glass in the business’ front door, Sgt. David Kearney said.
• Photos: Barricade in East Pasadena
Officials learned Jimenez had tried to take an item from the store without paying and was confronted outside by the store worker, according to Reyes.
Jimenez dropped the knife and left, but soon returned, armed with a large kitchen knife, and accosted the shopkeeper, Reyes said. The victim locked himself inside the store, and Jimenez began smashing windows.
When deputies arrived, they found the man had retreated into his apartment next door and refused to come out, he said.
The man was feared to be armed with a knife, officials said.
A sheriff’s Mental Evaluation Team responded to the scene and continued trying to persuade the man to surrender Thursday afternoon, according to Kearney. A sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau SWAT team was also summoned to the scene.
Sheriff’s officials asked residents via Twitter to avoid the area as the standoff continued, and nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.
SWAT deputies ultimately fired teargas into the apartment about 4:30 p.m., prompting Jimenez to exit the home and surrender, Reyes said. He was taken to a hospital for examination as a precaution, but suffered no apparent significant injuries.
Jimenez was expected to be arraigned Monday in the Alhambra branch of Los Angles County Superior Court, Reyes said.

PHOTO by Walt Mancini

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UPDATED: Domestic violence suspect arrested after SWAT standoff in South El Monte

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SOUTH EL MONTE >> A SWAT team arrested a domestic violence suspect believed to be armed with a knife holed up inside a South El Monte home following a six-hour standoff on Sunday, authorities said.
The incident began about 1:20 p.m. in the 9600 block of El Poche Street, Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Information Bureau said in a written statement.
“Deputies contacted the suspect’s girlfriend at the location who informed them that during an argument, the suspect threatened her with a knife and made statements of setting the house on fire,” she said.
The suspect refused orders to come out of the home and surrender, officials said.
Officials evacuated nearby homes, shut off the natural gas supply to the home and summoned a sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau SWAT Team, as well as crisis negotiators, to the scene.
After hours of attempts talk the man into surrendering, deputies forced their way into the home and took the man into custody shortly after 7 p.m., officials said.
Martin E. Hernandez, 51, was booked on suspicion of felony spousal assault and making criminal threats, Navarro-Suarez said.
“The weapon, a knife, was recovered,” she added.

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SWAT arrests suspect following Valinda standoff

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VALINDA >> A sheriff’s SWAT team and crisis negotiators responded to a Valinda neighborhood after a man who was believed to be armed with a gun holed-up inside home late Friday, officials said.
The incident began shortly about 5 p.m. with a report of a domestic incident involving criminal threats and a gun at a house in the 800 block of Lacon Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said.
Shot were believed to have been fired inside the home, though no injuries were reported, Sgt. Rico Sandoval said.
Several other occupants of the home came out when deputies arrived, but the suspect refused, he said.
Deputies summoned a SWAT team and crisis negotiators to take over the standoff.
A personal drone being flown in the area interfered with the sheriff’s department helicopter during the incident, according to Capt. Tim Murakami. The drone pilot would have gotten off with a warning, but was arrested after deputies discovered he had an outstanding arrest warrant, the captain said.
The suspect surrendered after midnight, officials said. No further details were available.

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Officials: Man who shot at passing cars, deputies arrested after SWAT standoff near Covina

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COVINA >> A man shot at passing cars, then opened fire on deputies who responded to the active shooter, before a SWAT team arrested him following an hours-long standoff on Sunday.
The incident began shortly after 9:30 a.m. with reports of a man shooting a gun along Cypress Street, west of Lark Allen Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Elisabeth Sachs said.
“He was shooting at cars passing by,” the lieutenant said.
Deputies also came under fire as they rushed to the scene, she said. A patrol car was struck but no one was injured by the suspect’s gunfire.
“(Deputies) did not return fire based on the suspect’s concealed location near a house,” sheriff’s officials said in a written statement.
The gunman fled into a nearby home, on Roxburgh Avenue just north of Cypress Street, and refused to come out.
Deputies evacuated nearby homes and summoned a heavily armed and armored SWAT team to take charge of the standoff.
At one point, deputies used an armored paramedic truck to pick up several elderly residents from the driveway of their home and escort them out of the neighborhood.
A crisis negotiation team made contact with the barricaded suspect and worked to persuade him to surrender. A crowd developed around the scene to watch the standoff, prompting deputies to place an armored vehicle between them and the armed, holed-up suspect as a shield.
The suspect posted live videos on Facebook during the incident.
In one short video streamed toward the outset of the incident, he’s seen outdoors sticking his tongue out, brandishing a pistol, and saying “Big Slick Low,”in an apparent reference to his nickname, while appearing to slur his speech.
In another recording posted two hours later, the suspect is seen talking with a negotiator on the phone while indoors.
“Tell your men to stand back, I’ll (expletive) walk out surrendering,” he said.
The man is also seen placing the handgun against his head and threatening suicide.
“Tell them to back off. I’ll shoot my (expletive) face off right now.
The suspect filmed himself as he fired two gunshots at arriving deputies. “They’re here, they know where I am,” he says before firing a shot.
“I’m sorry guys,” he said before firing a second shot. Arriving deputies could be heard ordering him to lie down and surrender.
The suspect ultimately gave up about 12:45 p.m. and was taken into custody.
Sean Vasquez, 20, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on an peace officer, sheriff’s officials said.
The motive for his alleged rampage was unclear.
Neighbor Cindi Arp said she left her Roxburgh Avenue house about 9:25 a.m. when she heard “pow, pow, pow.” She presumed the three to four noises were fireworks and continued on her way. As she rounded the corner onto Cypress Street, she heard another volley of noises, but again, took them for fireworks.
“My husband called me five minutes later and said, ‘you left at the right time. We have an active shooter,’” Arp said.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
According to county booking records, Vasquez was being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the sheriff’s San Dimas Station pending his initial court appearance, scheduled Tuesday in the West Covina branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Mentally disturbed Covina man arrested after 8-hour standoff

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COVINA >> A mentally disturbed man who threw knives and hammers at police, holed up inside his home and lit several fires before a SWAT team took him into custody following an eight-hour standoff on Friday, officials said.
Kevin Daniel Harmon, 20, was booked on suspicion of assaulting police officers, felony vandalism, elder abuse and brandishing a weapon at police, Covina police Sgt. Antonio Zavala said.
Police first received a call about 2 p.m. from a woman reporting her neighbor, a 20-year-old man, was acting erratically and throwing items in his front yard in the 1100 block of North Stephora Avenue, Zavala said.
Officers had previously responded to the home before regarding mental health issues involving Harmon, who lives at the home with his grandmother, according to the sergeant.
When they arrived, Harmon initially tried to prevent his grandmother from answering the door for officers, the sergeant said. When she ultimately managed to get to the door and come out, Harmon brandished a machete at the officers.
Harmon allegedly then began throwing items including knives, hammers and picture frames at officers before going back inside his home and refusing orders to come out. No officers were hurt, though several of the projectiles narrowly missed their heads.
A crisis negotiator was summoned to the scene but was unable to persuade Harmon to surrender.
During the course of the hours-long standoff, “He started lighting objects in the house on fire,” Zavala said. He also set off fireworks inside the home.
Police summoned a SWAT team to take over the standoff.
Harmon surrendered to the SWAT team about 10 p.m., just as officers were forcing their way into the home through a window. He was taken into custody without injury.
After being booked into jail, police turned Harmon over to a psychiatric facility for examination, Zavala said.
According to county booking records, he was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail pending his initial court appearance.

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Man accused of assault with a deadly weapon, assault weapon possession following 8-hour South Whittier standoff

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SOUTH WHITTIER >> A Whittier man was behind bars Sunday after allegedly beating up his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, then engaging a sheriff’s SWAT team in a standoff for eight hours while armed with an assault weapon before surrendering, officials said.
Dylan Rey Robledo, 36, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon, as well as for outstanding warrants, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials and booking records.
The incident began shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, when Robledo arrived at the home of his ex-girlfriend in the 9900 block of Bona Vista Lane and assaulter her current boyfriend, sheriff’s Lt. Robin Limon said. It was unclear if any weapons were used in the assault, in which the man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies responded and ordered everyone from the home, Limon said. Everyone came out, except Robledo, who refused orders to exit the home and surrender.
Deputies summoned a sheriff’s SWAT team to take over the scene.
Special Enforcement Bureau deputies used tear gas to flush the suspect from the home about 8:30 p.m., Limon said. He was then taken into custody without a struggle.
An assault weapon was recovered from the home, officials said.
No further details were available.
According to Los Angeles County Superior Court records, Robledo was already on probation at the time of the standoff following convictions in November of 2015 for vandalism and resisting police by force or violence.
He was being held without bail pending his initial court appearances, records show.

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UPDATED: Man with rifle believed holed-up inside Pico Rivera home

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PICO RIVERA >> Deputies engaged in standoff with a man who allegedly brandished a rifle at his neighbors in a Pico Rivera neighborhood on Sunday afternoon.
The incident began about noon when deputies received a report of a man chasing his neighbors with a rifle in the 8800 block of Dalewood Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. B. Creta of the sheriff’s Pico Rivera Station said. No injuries were reported.
The suspect was believed to have gone inside his home, but refused deputies orders to come out and surrender, Creta said.
According to sheriff’s radio traffic, the suspect’s mother was inside the home with him.
Officials were initially concerned the mother may have been a hostage, however Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the sheriff’s Information Bureau later said that the suspect’s mother remained in the home voluntarily and refused to come out.
The suspect has previously been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
A family member told deputies the rifle the man had was actually a pellet gun and not a real firearm, officials said in radio broadcasts. Officials also cautioned deputies about two pit bulls believed to be inside the house.
Deputies evacuated nearby homes and summoned a SWAT team and crisis negotiators to the scene as the standoff continued Sunday afternoon, officials said.

PHOTO: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau members rushed to Pico Rivera by helicopter to respond to report of an armed, barricaded suspect inside a home int he 8800 block of Dalewood Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Courtesy, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)

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Armed parolee from Diamond Bar arrested after standoff at Pasadena motel

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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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Wanted parolee jailed after West Whittier standoff

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WEST WHITTIER >> A SWAT team found an arrested a wanted parolee hiding in the attic of a West Whittier home Saturday, officials said.
Deputies had already been seeking Whittier-area gang member Ismael Alvarez, 37, on two outstanding warrants when he violated a restraining order about 10:30 a.m. at the home of his girlfriend in the 10800 block of Bexley Drive, in the unincorporated county area of West Whittier, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials and booking records.
Alvarez, who had a lengthy criminal history and has run from deputies several times in recent weeks, fled following the disturbance at his girlfriend’s house and ran into the home of a neighboring family, Lt. Noe Garcia said.
Deputies evacuated the family from the home, but Alvarez refused to come out, the lieutenant said.
A SWAT team and sheriff’s K-9 team happened to be conducting training nearby, so they responded to the scene of the standoff, he said.
After nearly two hours, SWAT team members searched the home and found evidence that Alvarez was hiding in the attic, Garcia said. When the suspect continued to refuse to come out, deputies sprayed aerosolized pepper spray into the attic. Alvarez then surrendered without further struggle.
Alvarez was booked on suspicion of burglary and violating a restraining order, and was also being held on two “no bail” warrants pending his initial court appearance, Garcia said.

PHOTO courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau.

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