CALDWELL, Idaho — A man who Caldwell Police said was wanted for several violent crimes is in jail after a standoff that lasted several hours Monday at an apartment on East Grant Street.
The Caldwell Police Department said in a news release Monday night that 45-year-old Norman Ortiz-Perez was wanted by the Idaho Department of Correction for "violently assaulting his parole officer" and had recently fled in a car from Canyon County Sheriff's Deputies. The police department also said he had active arrest warrants in Ada, Canyon and Gem counties.
The Metro Violent Crime Task Force and the IDOC Fugitive Unit requested assistance from Caldwell P.D. SWAT to arrest Ortiz-Perez at 1 p.m. Monday, after discovering that he was in a basement apartment on East Grant Street just west of South 10th Avenue.
Police said officers arrested Ortiz-Perez hours later, after negotiators convinced him to surrender.
Canyon County arrest records indicate Ortiz-Perez is being held in jail on suspicion of violating parole, failure to appear in court, and an Ada County warrant.
Caldwell Chief of Police Rex Ingram thanked the Metro Violent Crime Task Force and IDOC for their partnership in making the arrest.
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