Antioch police negotiate man’s surrender after 8-hour standoff

ANTIOCH — A nearly eight-hour standoff with a 61-year-old man, who was armed with a knife and suspected of domestic violence, ended late Friday with the man being taken into custody by members of the Antioch Police Department SWAT team.

The standoff began after police were called to a home in the 1000 block of Stonecrest Drive about 3:43 p.m. Friday, according to an Antioch police press release. A woman had reportedly been assaulted, kidnapped and robbed by the suspect.

When officers arrived at the home...