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Hours-long standoff ends in two arrests

by M. Dilworth • April 29, 2013

Manuel Contreras, 31, was arrested Sunday afternoon after keeping deputies at bay for several hours. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)
Manuel Contreras, 31, was arrested Sunday afternoon after keeping deputies at bay for several hours. (Photos by LUIS MEZA)

PALMDALE – Sheriff’s deputies and the Special Enforcement Bureau spent several hours Sunday afternoon dealing with an assault with a deadly weapon suspect who barricaded himself inside a Palmdale apartment.

Roommate Alexander Waite was arrested for obstructing.
Roommate Alexander Waite was arrested for obstructing.

The standoff occurred in the 500 Block of East Avenue Q-12, and it stemmed from an assault that occurred on Saturday, according to Sgt. Paul Zarris of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. The suspect had reportedly punched another man several times before pointing a gun and threatening to kill him.

“The victim called up [Sunday, April 28] to report it and knew where the suspect lived,” Zarris said. “Deputies went over to the apartment, knocked on the door, and the suspect looked out the window and screamed and ran inside the apartment.”

Since a gun was allegedly used in Saturday’s assault, deputies did not make entry into the apartment, Zarris said.

Tear gas was used to flush out the suspect.
Tear gas was used to flush out Contreras.

Detectives wrote a warrant, and the sheriff’s department’s Special Enforcement Bureau was called in to coax the suspect out of the apartment, Zarris said.

“After several hours, a roommate that was also inside the apartment decided to come out,” Zarris said. “He came out on his own and we arrested him for delaying and obstructing us in our duties.”

The roommate, 32-year-old Alexander Waite, was arrested around 3 p.m.

About an hour later, deputies used tear gas to flush the assault suspect from the apartment.

Stand off Manuel Contrereas3“The suspect came out immediately and gave up and he was arrested and then booked at Palmdale Station,” Zarris said.

Manuel Contreras, 31, was booked at the Palmdale Station around 6:35 p.m. on $50,000 bail. He is due in court Tuesday to face several charges.

His roommate, Alexander Waite, was booked on $10,000 bail Sunday evening, and then released from custody early Monday morning, after making bail.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

8 comments for "Hours-long standoff ends in two arrests"

  1. MR. PERPLEXED says

    April 29, 2013 at 8:56 pm

    IDK, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THEY TOUGHT (lasd) MR. CONTRERAS WAS HOLDING MR. WAITE HOSTAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST PHOTO THERE IS A HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR ON SITE.

    • duh says

      April 30, 2013 at 1:51 am

      They are Negotiators not Hostage Negotiators they come out anytime there is a barricaded suspect in this case just another no job drug dealing piece of trash from palmdale, What a tough guy though went running screaming from the Sheriff LOL not so tough when someone else has a gun the only difference is the deputies know how to use it properly without blowing a hole in their foot. Fing Losers

      • MR. PERPLEXED says

        April 30, 2013 at 8:12 am

        OOOOOOOHHHH!! I SEE!! TNX!! BY THE WAY EVERYTIME I SEE THE PHOTO OF THE SWAT MEMBERS WITH THEIR GAS MASKS, SOMEHOW THE HARLEM SHAKE COMES TO MIND!! LoL

      • Buford T. Justice says

        May 6, 2013 at 4:09 pm

        well said!

  2. sikntired says

    April 29, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    ?Huh.

    • ed says

      April 29, 2013 at 6:52 pm

      I think he’s trying to say this is BS
      the cops were still trying to look for him why he was handcuffed I take it??? It looked more like a drill to me. They don’t show in these pics but there was a lot of police presence, volunteers in yellow vests, a whole command center, 2 swat trucks, aircraft’s, for 1 effing Guy?

      • Kullid says

        April 29, 2013 at 9:05 pm

        Hey…if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth over doing.

  3. T-Bone says

    April 29, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    That Rat is going to get more then a few Chingaso’s a La Mascara now…You see the that fool looking for him while he’s handcuffed! HAHA!

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