SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A man was arrested Monday evening after a three-hour standoff at a Spokane Valley apartment complex, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
Jeffrey B. Hanson, 57, was arrested Monday after he had threatened to force a violent encounter with law enforcement, deputies said.
The incident began at 4 p.m. when deputies responded to a welfare check at an apartment complex in East 3rd Avenue and South Pierce Road, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies learned Hanson was in crisis and had made statements about forcing a deadly encounter with police…