St. George Police Department and SWAT negotiate with armed and barricaded woman at Coronada Inn, 559 E St. George Blvd., St. George, March 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – A warrant service on three persons erupted into a standoff with St. George Police at the Coronada Inn, 559 East St. George Blvd. this morning.
Capt. James Van Fleet said, “The the county came this morning right abut 10 a.m. … to serve those warrants, they took two into custody and the third, a female, ran into the back bedroom and barricaded herself.”
Van Fleet said the woman then told the officers that she was armed, at which point they all backed out of the room and called in the department’s SWAT team.
“SWAT negotiators worked with her,” Van Fleet said, “ultimately to get her to give up.”
A loud commotion was audible and SWAT emerged from the hotel room with a woman in handcuffs.
Van Fleet said that there was no problem with the two men arrested.
“We’ve had (the two men) in custody so we could ask them questions about her,” Van Fleet said. “They’ve been on scene with us the entire time and now all three* will get transferred out to Washington County Jail.”
Van Fleet did not know whether the three involved were living at the Coronada Inn in a permanent situation or just staying overnight.
* Persons arrested are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
St. George News Reporter, Troy Hoskins, was on scene and contributed to this story.
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St. George Police Department and SWAT negotiate with armed and barricaded woman at Coronada Inn, 559 E St. George Blvd., St. George, March 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
St. George SWAT on scene, St. George, UT Mar 9, 2012 | Photo by Troy Hoskins, St. George News
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Joyce Kuzmanic has been editor in chief of St. George News since 2012, having contributed as a reporter and assistant editor since the publication's inception in 2010. Before St. George News, Joyce has been a private business owner and enjoyed a long career as a paralegal in real estate, business and tax law transactions.
She enjoys hospitality, thinking, reading and adventuring in the great outdoors. Joyce currently resides in St. George with her husband and her dog, Scratch.