8-Hour Standoff Ends in San Clemente Man’s Arrest
A San Clemente man surrendered to Orange County sheriff’s deputies early Tuesday after an eight-hour standoff, authorities said.
Charles Paul Fox, 58, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Amormino gave this account of the incident, which began Monday night:
Fox called 911 and asked that deputies be dispatched to his home because “something big” was about to happen. There was no response when deputies arrived at Fox’s home on Avenida Lobeiro and knocked on the door. When the officers went to the side and looked in a window, they saw what appeared to be a man pointing a gun at them.
SWAT members and hostage negotiators were sent to the scene, and about 200 residents were evacuated from the area.
Fox was being held Tuesday night in the Orange County Jail on $50,000 bail.
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