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Via Police One
A SWAT situation ended without injuries late Wednesday night after a man barricaded himself in a central Santa Fe home following an alleged threat on an animal control officer.
Santa Fe Police Department spokeswoman Celina Espinoza said Stephen Cummings, 36, had locked himself in the mobile home on Calle Anaya at about 8:30 p.m. and was shouting at officers for nearly two hours. At about 10:15 p.m., he exited the residence with his hands up. Officers arrested Cummings without incident on a charge of aggravated assault on a peace officer.
Cummings’ troubles had begun earlier in the day, when a neighbor reported to the city Animal Services Division that one of his Rottweilers had been aggressive. An animal control officer responded to the complaint, Espinoza said, and Cummings allegedly threatened the officer with a knife.
The animal control officer called police, and when officers arrived at the scene, 804 S. Calle Anaya, at about 9 p.m, Cummings barricaded himself inside the home.
About a dozen police vehicles, including the city police SWAT van, crowded the 800 block of South Calle Anaya during the standoff.