Crime

Update: Modesto police have man in custody after standoff at Modesto motel

Modesto police have in custody a man who was holed up in a motel on West Orangeburg Avenue near Highway 99 on Wednesday night.

Officers converged on the Comfort Inn just after 5 p.m. on a report that a theft suspect had fled into the motel at 2025 West Orangeburg Ave.

When they arrived, they set up a perimeter around the motel and put nearby Garrison Elementary School on lockdown.

Two hours later, at approximately 6:45 p.m., the man was taken into custody. The lockdown was lifted.

We'll have more on this breaking story as information becomes available.

This story was originally published November 15, 2017 at 6:23 PM with the headline "Update: Modesto police have man in custody after standoff at Modesto motel."

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