UPDATED: Temecula Standoff Suspect is Arrested

Update, Sunday, 12:23 a.m.:

The man who holed up inside a Temecula home for more than 10 hours Saturday has been identified as a Sacramento resident who was wanted for an assault with a deadly weapon charge, police say.

59-year-old Arthur Ben Taylor was arrested at 11:47 p.m. following what sheriff’s officials described as a “lengthy standoff”— police received their first call to the house in the 31000 block Monique Circle at 12:52 p.m. and the SWAT team was assembled outside a few hours later.

“Upon arrival we learned the male was wanted for a stabbing that occurred in northern California today,” sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Michael Vasquez told Patch.

Police tried for hours to coax the man outside, but he would not come.

“He refused and remained inside,” Vasquez said.

Then, ”...after a lengthy standoff, the suspect surrendered peacefully,” he said.

Officials did not say what connection Taylor had to those who live at the Temecula house where the standoff occurred.

No one else was in the home when he surrendered.

Taylor was taken to the Murrieta jail and booked on the Sacramento warrant for assault with a deadly weapon, according to Vasquez.

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Update 11:51 p.m.:

Sheriff’s officials confirm to Patch that the suspect has been apprehended.

The man, whose identity is still not being released, was arrested at 11:47 p.m., sheriff’s Deputy Michael Vasquez said.

Additional details are expected soon. Check back for the latest.

Update 10:19 p.m.:

Sheriff’s officials tell Patch they remain on scene at the standoff location in Temecula.

At this time, no other information will be released, sheriff’s Deputy Michael Vasquez said.

Original Story as Follows:

A man with an outstanding warrant in Central California was barricaded Saturday Night inside a home in Temecula.

Deputies got a tip about 12:50 p.m. that the man was at a house in the 31000 block Monique Circle, Riverside County sheriff’s Deputy Michael Vasquez said. Officers were there by 1 p.m.

He refused to come out and a SWAT team was called in at around 5 p.m., Vasquez said.

It was unclear if the man was believed to be armed, the deputy said, adding that authorities have not been able to make contact with the suspect.

The sheriff’s department won’t yet say what the man is wanted for, and from what specific city.

Vasquez tells Patch that it’s not clear if anyone else is inside the home right now, but they believe everyone else who was there had left before law enforcement arrived.

“Prior to us getting there... people exited,” he said. “Since we’ve been there... nobody has exited the home.”

— City News Service contributed to this report.