One person surrendered to deputies after a standoff in a Goleta Valley neighborhood Monday night, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson confirmed.
The Sheriff’s Office responded at around 3:24 p.m. to a house on the 5300 block of University Drive for a welfare check, according to Sheriff’s Office public information officer Raquel Zick.
Law enforcement set up a command post near Fire Station 12. Emergency crews with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department later responded at around 6:22 p.m.
Zick said the incident “turned barricaded subject with threats.”
The suspect surrendered to the police at around 7:15 p.m., per emergency radio traffic.
According to police logs, the person arrested was Andrew Monroy, 59.
He was booked on suspicion of elder abuse, threatening a crime with intent to terrorize and obstructing/resisting an officer.
He was being held on $75,000 bail at the Santa Barbara Main Jail as of Tuesday morning.
Additional information was not immediately available.
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