UPDATE: Man arrested after hours-long standoff in Santa Maria area

UPDATE (3:37 p.m.) – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies took a suspect into custody after a five-hour standoff.

Sheriff’s officials say deputies responded to the 400 block of Ray Road west of Santa Maria at about 10:15 a.m. for a report that a man was threatening another person with a machete.

The suspect was identified as Nazario Gonzalez, 48, of Santa Maria…

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