Eugene police arrest wanted man after standoff in home

After a standoff that lasted nearly four hours Saturday afternoon and involved the SWAT team, Eugene police were able to convince a wanted man to come out of a Hawkins Lane residence and arrested him on previous charges as well as for fleeing a police officer, Sgt. Scott Vinje said at the scene.

Vinje said the incident began around 1:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. when a patrol officer recognized a man in the Hawkins Lane area, south of West 18th Avenue, wanted on previous charges and known to be dangerous and carry weapons.

The man fled when the officer tried to talk with him, Vinje said, and was hiding in a nearby residence.

The officer called for backup before the SWAT team was eventually called in, Vinje said.

Vinje declined to give the name of the man arrested or the residence where he was located before SWAT team members convinced him to come out, but a Eugene police log entry indicated it was 2105 Hawkins Lane, a residence at the Woodtique Condominiums.

Greg Geist, vice president of the homeowners’ association at the complex, said he videotaped the man coming out of 2105 Hawkins Lane at 5:39 p.m.

The video showed a man coming out of that residence with his hands on his head before SWAT team members moved in and arrested him.

The door to the residence was damaged and open about 6 p.m., but no one came to the door when it was knocked on.

Geist called to a woman still inside the residence to ask if she was OK, but no one came to the door.

One sign on the residence read “Closed circuit television and audio monitoring on premises,” and another sign read “No Trespassing: Violators will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.”

During the standoff, Geist said the police fired rounds of beanbags that broke camera surveillance equipment on the condo’s second story. Broken equipment could be seen on the ground, as well as a piece of damaged drainage pipe.

Geist said the police used a bullhorn and repeatedly called “Anthony Rodriguez, come out, come out, you’re under arrest.”

The police warned the man, Geist said, that they might have to use tear gas before he eventually came out.

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