MAN, 73, ARRESTED FOLLOWING 3-HOUR STANDOFF WITH POLICE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Ending a nearly three-hour 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. , a 73-year-old man was arrested at his apartment building Saturday after he allegedly fired a shot at a neighbor during a domestic dispute, authorities said. Joseph Kowalski was booked at the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station at 5 p.m. on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. , police said. Sheriff's deputies responded to the 27000 block of Hidaway Avenue at 12:30 p.m. after the neighbor reported the gunfire, but they could not make contact with the suspect. A crisis negotiation team and the Service Enforcement Bureau - the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff's Department's special tactics team, were then called in. ``The suspect had a verbal fight with his roommate and apparently locked her out of the house,'' said Brian Lendman, a sheriff's spokesman. ``She went to a neighbor to help her get back in and that's when the suspect fired at the neighbor.'' The roommate, who authorities said is in her 20s or 30s, asked the neighbor for help getting back in her apartment. The neighbor got a ladder and crawled through a second-story window, deputies said. When the neighbor crawled through the window and made his way to the stairs, he was confronted by the suspect. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. deputies, the neighbor told the suspect he was just trying to help a woman who had locked herself out. When the victim saw the gun, he ran out the front door and heard one shot fired. Kowalski, whom authorities later reached on the phone, initially refused to come out of his residence, but just after 4 p.m. authorities convinced him to talk to officers on the ground from his second-floor balcony. ``When the deputies on the ground got him to come out on the balcony and engaged him in conversation, the SEB Noun 1. SEB - a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare staphylococcal enterotoxin B (special tactics) team went in through the front door and arrested him without incident,'' Lendman said. The SEB team arrived in heavy protective gear with high-powered rifles. A sheriff's helicopter landed in a parking lot adjacent to the apartment building, drawing curious residents from their apartment buildings. There were no injuries, authorities said. Kowalski's bail was set at $50,000, sheriff's Sgt. Gregg Lewison said. Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) Members of the sheriff's special tactics team patrol a Canyon Country apartment complex where a man suspected of firing a gun during a domestic dispute was refusing to surrender. (2 -- color -- ran in SAC edition only) Sheriff's officers use a litter to carry equiptment at a Canyon Country apartment complex, where a shooting suspect was refusing to come out of his apartment. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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