GUN-WIELDING MAN ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF AT T.O. HOME.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer A 30-year-old man who had threatened to kill himself was arrested after a brief standoff stand·off n. 1. A tie or draw, as in a contest. 2. A situation in which one force neutralizes or counterbalances the other. 3. A standoff insulator. adj. Standoffish. with police Wednesday at his home on Erbes Road north of Hillcrest hill·crest n. The summit line of a hill. Drive. Arthur Carlisle was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a weapon after he pointed his gun at two plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. officers who had responded to a neighbor's call about seeing the armed man, Senior Deputy Mike Christensen said. Erbes Road from Hillcrest Drive to Janss Road was closed from 10 to 11:50 a.m. while officers worked to calm Carlisle and take him into custody, authorities said. The incident began Tuesday afternoon, when Carlisle's mother, Elizabeth, called the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Police Department to report that her son was upset and depressed, Sgt. Claude Robillard said. Counselors went to Carlisle's home on the 600 block of Erbes Road and found him to be stable, Robillard said. About 4 a.m. Wednesday, Carlisle's mother called authorities again to report that while talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to her son on the telephone, he had threatened to kill himself and fired his gun, Robillard said. Deputies visited the house but could not find Carlisle at home, Christensen said. About 10 a.m., a neighbor called police to report that a man was brandishing a weapon, Christensen said. Two plainclothes officers went to the scene and waited outside. About 10 minutes later, Carlisle walked out with his gun and briefly pointed his gun at the officers, Christensen said. The officers called for help while Carlisle went back into his home, a small, light blue house in the upscale neighborhood, Christensen said. An officer specializing in hostage hostage, person held by another as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will or will not be carried out. During periods of internal turmoil, insurgents often seize hostages; recent examples include seizures of Americans and other foreigners by militants in and suicide situations was able to reach Carlisle by telephone and eventually talked him out of the house, Christensen said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Ventura County deputies lead a handcuffed Arthur Carlisle from his home on Erbes Road in Thousand Oaks after he pointed his gun at officers responding to a call Wednesday. Michael Owen
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