PALMETTO, Fla. — A standoff between SWAT and a man lasted for several hours after deputies tried to arrest him.
IT started when Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies were executing a warrant around 2:35 p.m. Wednesday at a home on 54th Street East in Palmetto. Kevin L. Washington, 45, was wanted for violating his probation on a prior domestic violence charge, officials said.
Washington refused to leave his home, resulting in a standoff. SWAT communicated with him for hours before he eventually surrendered, a news release stated…