Santa Barbara man taken into custody after barricading himself off Stevens Road Monday

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A 40-year-old man was arrested for felony domestic violence after barricading himself at his home in a private neighborhood along Stevens Road Monday.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to 4400 block of Hollister Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Monday for a domestic dispute that had just happened.

Arriving deputies found that the suspect, later identified as a 40-year-old Santa Barbara man, had left the scene and went to his home in the 300 block of Stevens Road detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office in a press release Monday afternoon.

Deputies also learned that the 40-year-old had three outstanding warrants for his arrest for charges that included felony domestic violence, contempt of court, providing false information to a peace officer, possession of a dirk or dagger, possession of a controlled substance, and assault with great bodily injury shared the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to the area alongside a deputy from the Crisis Intervention Co-Response Team who has specialized training in crisis negotiations added the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, deputies found that the 40-year-old had locked himself in a converted garage apartment and was refused to come out.

Your News Channel saw Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies, firefighters, and paramedics outside of the private neighborhood off of Calle Real Monday morning which is technically part of Santa Barbara County although it is completely surrounded by the city limits of Santa Barbara.

Deputies spent about two hours speaking with the barricaded man before he was taken into custody when deputies forced entry into the residence using pepperball irritant inside of the home shortly after 11 a.m. explained the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

Both the man and responding deputies had reactions to the pepperball, but there were no significant injuries at the scene shared the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

The 40-year-old was booked at the Main Jail for felony domestic violence and on his outstanding warrants and he is being held on a $185,000 bail noted the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.