Driver barricades himself inside vehicle before being arrested

A man who barricaded himself in his vehicle after leading police on a pursuit Saturday was taken into custody after more than two hours of crisis negotiations, police said.

The 37-year-old, whom police did not identify, fled a multi-agency traffic stop by ramming several police cars after a Livermore police license plate reader spotted the vehicle, according to a statement from Dublin police Capt. Miguel Campos. The 37-year-old went by ambulance to a hospital for evaluation and treatment after police took him into custody, Campos said.

It all started about 11:05 a.m., when the Livermore license plate reader camera spotted the 2018 Nissan Altima

in the area of the San Francisco Premium Outlets, police said. Tracy police had earlier asked other agencies to “be on the lookout” for a dangerous domestic violence suspect about 9:45 a.m., who they said was armed with a knife and had rammed police cars to escape them.

Police also said the suspect had threatened “suicide by cop.”

After being alerted to the Nissan, Livermore police followed it to Fallon Road in Dublin. The suspect stopped his vehicle there when police from several agencies tried to stop it, but he then rammed at least one car and drove away, police said.

Police continued to follow the Nissan driver, and the California Highway Patrol eventually put down a spike strip that disabled the vehicle. Campos said the suspect stopped the car in a parking lot at 4160 Dublin Boulevard but still didn't exit it.

Campos said Dublin police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office used several tactics with no success to bring the suspect out of the car, including the use of crisis negotiators, less-lethal devices and chemical agents. The man made several threats to police during the standoff, Campos said, indicating he had many weapons. He then again rammed vehicles in an unsuccessful effort to escape, Campos said.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office and Tracy, Pleasanton and Livermore police departments all were involved in the incident, as was the CHP.