PLYMOUTH COUNTY STANDOFF (update)

A STANDOFF IN RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY ENDED PEACEFULLY FRIDAY EVENING WHEN A FUGITIVE WANTED ON DRUG CHARGES SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES.

FEDERAL MARSHALLS ATTEMPTED TO ARREST GEOVANY GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ AT A HOME ON HIGHWAY K-18 AROUND 3PM FRIDAY.

GONZALEZ, WHO WAS WANTED ON A WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES, REFUSED TO SURRENDER.

FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE HOME TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT THE SUSPECT WAS IN THE HOME, ARMED WITH A PISTOL AND SUICIDAL.

TACTICAL TEAMS FROM PLYMOUTH AND WOODBURY COUNTIES WERE SENT TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

AFTER A FOUR AND A HALF HOUR STAND-OFF, GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ SURRENDERED. HE IS BEING HELD IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL.