SANTA CRUZ COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING SWAT OFFICERS, HAVE SURROUNDED A HOME IN CORRALITOS AND ARE ENGAGED IN A STANDOFF WITH A SUSPECT. OFFICERS APPROACHED THE SUSPECT, 45-YEAR-OLD SAL ESPARANTE, AND AN UNNAMED WOMAN AT THE HOME ON VARNI ROAD AT AROUND NOON. WHEN ESPARANTE BECAME COMBATIVE, AND HE AND THE WOMAN RAN INTO THE PROPERTY, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. JUST AFTER 5 P.M. SWAT OFFICERS HAD BEGUN A SYSTEMATIC SEARCH OF THE SIX BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY AFTER ESPARANTE FAILED TO RESPOND TO PHONE CALLS TO THE HOUSE, OR THE BULLHORN OFFICERS ARE USING.
VARNI ROAD IS CLOSED, AND TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED.
