A man who made threats to his family days prior was arrested Wednesday afternoon in DeKalb County after a three-hour SWAT standoff, officials said.
The sheriff’s office said it asked the DeKalb SWAT team to assist in serving a warrant after the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Jason Travis Williams, barricaded himself inside a home in the 1900 block of Longwood Court.
He was wanted on charges of terroristic threats and violation of a family violence order in an incident that occurred Sunday, the sheriff’s office confirmed. The incident comes two weeks after Williams bonded out of the DeKalb jail on a battery family violence charge, records show.
“After holding authorities at bay for several hours this afternoon, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive/SWAT unit, with assistance from the DeKalb County Police Department SWAT Unit, arrested a man who was threatening to kill family members and law enforcement officials,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
About 5:15 p.m., authorities said they were negotiating with Williams after he resisted arrest. According to the sheriff’s office, the standoff continued until investigators were able to de-escalate the situation and remove a shotgun from the home.
It wasn’t until more than three hours after the standoff began that officers were able to arrest Williams and hand him over to the sheriff’s office.
No one was injured in the incident. Williams was taken to the DeKalb jail.
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