Irvine police officers trying to serve an arrest warrant on a 47-year-old vandalism suspect spent hours Saturday trying to talk him out of a condo.
The officers first went to the condo in the 700 block of Timberwood at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to talk to the man about allegedly vandalizing “multiple vehicles,” Irvine Police Department spokesman Kyle Oldoerp told City News Service.
“The suspect refused to answer,” he said.
That led officers to get a warrant for the man’s arrest, which they began trying to serve at the residence about 6 p.m., Oldoerp said. “We know he is in there,” he said.
“Officers just used a distraction device that made a loud boom sound,” Oldoerp posted on X at 7 p.m. “We are working to resolve this situation peacefully.”
As of 10 p.m., the officers remained outside the condo and the suspect remained inside, he said.