Smyrna man indicted for hourslong police standoff

Hours after a man with an extensive criminal history barricaded himself inside a Smyrna apartment complex and prompted a standoff early Friday, July 1, 2016 police took the man into custody. About 3 a.m., officers received a phone call about a domestic dispute at the Brighton Way Apartment Homes on Parkway Avenue, Smyrna police spokesman Louis Defense said. Police were familiar with the address. Officers have gone there "on numerous occasions," Defense said. When they got to the scene Friday, they found a woman with multiple injuries and tried to make contact with a man in the apartment, Defense said. "He told them to go away and barricaded himself inside of the apartment," Defense said. "Our hostage negotiators arrived on the scene." They tried to negotiate with him for several hours to no avail. "We introduced a tactical element and he came out peacefully," Defense said. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to the Smyrna City Jail on unspecified charges. The woman's condition was not known. JOHN SPINK /JSPINK@AJC.COM