SUSPECT SURRENDERS AFTER STANDOFF GUESTS EVACUATED, ROADS CLOSED DURING ORDEAL.Byline: JUDY O'ROURKE Staff writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. -- A man wanted for questioning in a slew of crimes caused an evacuation of a local hotel Friday and was barricaded in his room until surrendering peacefully. The nearly four-hour incident ended about 7:45 p.m. after the man, identified as Travis Smith Travis Smith is the name of:
Deputy Joe Trejo spoke to Smith during the standoff when Smith called down to the front desk and hotel employees handed Trejo the phone. "He was upset. He was tired," Trejo said. "As long as he was on the phone, he wasn't hurting himself or anyone else." Smith eventually came out after deputies negotiated with him and persuaded him to surrender. He was arrested on suspicion of making terrorist threats, grand theft and other charges. A gun was found in his room. Evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. said deputies came shortly before 4 p.m. to their third-floor rooms at the Comfort Suites on Pico Canyon Road and guided them to safety. "The children were frightened when they saw the policemen with guns and were told to get back in their rooms," said Sandy Cohen This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. , 66, of Tamarack tamarack: see larch. , Fla., in town with 25 family members for a bar mitzvah Bar Mitzvah (bärmĭts`və) [Aramaic,=son of the Commandment], Jewish ceremony in which the young male is initiated into the religious community, according to tradition at the age of 13 years and a day. today. Meanwhile, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. closed The Old and Pico Canyon roads near the hotel. Smith was wanted for questioning in a Stevenson Ranch case involving grand theft, attempted robbery and making criminal threats. He had locked himself in his room after deputies tried to talk to him, sheriff's Lt. Mike Dunkle said. "We attempted to make contact, we wanted to arrest him," Dunkle said. "He said he was not going to surrender." judy.orourke(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) A SWAT team member aims a rifle toward a room at the Comfort Suites on the Old Road in Stevenson Ranch on Friday. (2) Sheriff's deputies take a suspect into custody after a four-hour standoff at the Comfort Suites on the Old Road in Stevenson Ranch. The man was in a room at the hotel and guests were evacuated during the ordeal. (3 -- ran in Bulldog edition only) Sheriff's deputies take a suspect into custody after a four-hour standoff at the Comfort Suites on the Old Road in Stevenson Ranch. The man was in a room at the hotel and guests were evacuated during the ordeal. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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