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Suspect armed with knife on boat arrested after hours-long standoff in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO - A man who was armed with a knife on a boat was arrested after an hours-long standoff in Sacramento Saturday night, police said. 

Police received reports that a man had run at the caller with a large knife on the 1800 block of Garden Highway around 3:15 p.m.

The armed suspect, later identified as 56-year-old Patrick Hackett of Sacramento, ran onto a boat. Officers attempted to communicate with Hackett before he was eventually arrested around 7 p.m. 

Hackett will be booked into jail for assault with a deadly weapon. 

No injuries were reported. 

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