Amador County – The Ione Police Department, and members of the Amador County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team endured a two-hour standoff Monday at a home in Ione that ended peacefully, despite two children reportedly being held hostage.

Ione Police and the Sheriff’s SWAT team arrested Jeffery Phillip Largent, 37, on a felony warrant after the standoff, which reportedly started when he barricaded the entry to the house, after authorities arrived to try to arrest him, at about 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 24.

KCRA 3 TV in Sacramento showed a video of Largent later surrendering to about six camouflage-clad SWAT team members, and a uniformed officer, after the end of the standoff. KCRA reported that Largent held his two children hostage in the home, and said the 37-year-old Largent was wanted on a felony warrant out of Sacramento.

Largent’s children, age 11 and 12, were able to leave the home safely, and then Largent came out on his own. KCRA video broadcast at about 7:45 p.m. Monday, showed Largent walking out of the home at which the standoff occurred, with his hands raised in the air. Largent walked in the driveway of the home, in front of an Ione Police car. Waiting for him were about six SWAT team members, wearing helmets and full assault gear, with guns drawn, and one of them had a K-9. Largent turned around, hands still raised, to face the home, then placed his hands on his head. SWAT team members then advanced on Largent and took him into custody.

Authorities were shown placing Largent into a police car, and Largent was later booked into the Amador County Jail.

A request for more information about the Ione standoff was made to the Ione Police Department, but was unanswered before airtime today.

Also Monday, Jan. 24, KTXL Fox 40 reported the discovery of the body of a 15-year-old boy in West Point, in Calaveras County. KTXL said: “A man hiking on his property on Jurs Road found the body, and the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department said it was that of a 15-year-old boy. Deputies arrived around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, and say the case is being investigated as a homicide. The boy’s body is now at the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.”

The Calaveras Sheriff’s Department had not returned a call requesting more information on the incident prior to airtime.

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