UPDATE (3:44 p.m., August 14):
According to a news release from Sierra Vista Police Department, the standoff Wednesday started when SVPD detectives went to the suspect's home to arrest him on charges related to a six-week-long investigation into an alleged sexual conduct with a minor case.
The case began in June, when a report was made to Sierra Vista Police Department of a female juvenile, involved in a sexual relationship with a male adult.
Detectives developed probable cause to arrest the suspect and went to the suspect's home to make an arrest. The suspect barricaded himself in the home and refused to come out, which resulted in SWAT being called.
Negotiators made several attempts to get the suspect to surrender, but they were unsuccessful, the news release said.
SWAT tried used a breaching device to gain access to the front door. They then deployed non-lethal pepper ball devices to get the suspect to surrender, the news release said.
Several more attempts were made, but the suspect still refused.
While SWAT team members were moving to a different part of the home, with the intent of shooting more pepper balls, a SWAT team member saw the suspect and ordered him out of the home, the news release said.
The suspect complied and was taken into custody.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, four counts of sexual assault with a minor under 15, one count of sexual conduct with a minor over 15, and resisting arrest.
UPDATE: 4:03 p.m.
The man barricading himself in a Sierra Vista home, surrendered himself to law enforcement 2 hours after the situation started.
SVPD says they used pepper balls to try and get the suspect out of the house. He eventually followed SWAT's instructions to come out of the house.
All of the closed roads are now open, but SVPD says law enforcement will be on scene for a few hours conducting their investigation. The suspect is in custody; charges were not disclosed at the time of this update.
SVPD says more information is expected to be released tomorrow.
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A man has barricaded himself in a Sierra Vista home in the 2000 block of Chanteau Lane, avoiding local law enforcement.
Scott Borgstadt, Public Information Officer for the Sierra Vista Police Department, says SVPD was trying to make an arrest Wednesday afternoon when the person they were attempting to make contact with barricaded himself in a home.
Borgstadt says negotiators tried to make contact with the man, but were unsuccessful. They are using non-lethal methods to try and make contact with the man.
There are multiple road closures— at Town and Country Road and Golf Links Road; Town and Country Road and Chantilly Drive. SVPD is asking to avoid this area until further notice. Borgstadt says people in the neighbor hood were told what was happening.
SVPD asked for more resources to arrive on the scene, including the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
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Alexis Ramanjulu is a reporter in Cochise County for KGUN 9. She began her journalism career reporting for the Herald/Review in Sierra Vista, which she also calls home. Share your story ideas with Alexis by emailing alexis.ramanjulu@kgun9.com or by connecting on Facebook.
