Crime & Safety
Man Arrested Following Police Standoff Identified
Fremont Police originally responded to a call about domestic abuse and ended up in a standoff with an armed man.
FREMONT, CA — A domestic violence suspect who was arrested after a two-hour standoff with Fremont police on Sunday was identified by authorities on Monday as 54-year-old James Mecahn of Fremont.
Mecahn was booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of battery on a spouse, making criminal threats and exhibiting a firearm and then was released on bail, police said.
Officers were called at about 4:35 p.m. to a home on a cul-de-sac in Fremont's Canyon Heights neighborhood, south of state Highway 84, to respond to a report of a domestic disturbance that included criminal threats involving a firearm, according to police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.
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A female victim was able to leave the house safely and seek help but the male suspect, later identified as Mecahn, refused to talk to police, Bosques said.
A police SWAT team and police hostage negotiators were brought in, and residents in adjacent houses were told to shelter in place.
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About two hours after police arrived, Mecahn walked out with his hands over his head and was safely taken into custody, according to Bosques.
Police obtained a warrant to search the house and recovered the firearm that Mecahn allegedly used, Bosques said.
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