Domestic assault leads to 5-hour police standoff in Easton, cops say

An Easton man allegedly assaulted a woman in a domestic incident, threatened investigators and then surrendered after a five-hour standoff with police.

City Police Lt. Matthew Gerould said officers responded around 4:30 p.m. Sunday to the home in the 300 block of West St. Joseph’s Street.

Investigators were attempting to arrest 34-year-old Sean West, who was at the home, as the result of an assault that happened earlier that day, Gerould said…

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