SWAT standoff on Alturas Road ends with arrest

FALLBROOK – A 22-year-old man wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant holed up in a Fallbrook apartment in the 900 block of Alturas Road Monday afternoon (March 6), creating a standoff with law enforcement officers that lasted for nearly 2 1/2 hours before the man surrendered.

San Diego Fugitive Task Force officers were searching for Joshua Villegas, named in a felony arrest warrant for assault with a deadly weapon, when they spotted him as he arrived at an apartment complex on Alturas Road near Sancado Terrace shortly before 3:30 p.m., according to Sgt. Christopher Davis of the San Diego Coun...