Man with Crossbow Pleads Guilty to Resisting Officer

A man who held deputies at bay with a box cutter and crossbow pleaded guilty Tuesday.

The Poway man, Stephen Edward Gainder, 45, admitted to using a deadly weapon after getting into a loud argument with his mother.

Gainder is expected to be placed on probation when he receives his sentence on Nov. 17 and may do time at the local prison, according to Deputy District Attorney Garrett Randall.

According to prosecutor Elizabeth Porterfield, neighbors contacted the sheriff's department about 10 a.m. on Sept. 14. When deputies arrived at the home in the 14100 block of Tobiasson Road, an agitated Gainder came out to the driveway and threatened the officers with a box cutter, Porterfield said.

Gainder later came out of the home with a crossbow and pointed its arrows at deputies, the prosecutor said.

Nobody was injured and the reason for the domestic dispute was unclear, authorities said.

The defendant has a prior conviction for assaulting a deputy about a decade ago, Porterfield told the judge.