Hours-Long Overnight Standoff In Ceres Ends
CERES (CBS13) – An overnight standoff situation in Ceres lasted for hours before being resolved early Thursday morning.
It happened in the area of East Hatch Road and Richland Avenue.
The incident started around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday when Galt police officers tried to stop a car with a man and woman inside. The driver backed up and hit a police car, then took off.
Officers chased the suspect and the driver eventually stopped in Ceres near an am/pm.
Officers used pepper balls to try and get the suspect to surrender.
The man who was behind the wheel eventually surrendered peacefully just before 4:30 a.m. A female passenger is OK.