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Santa Maria, Calif. – Deputies have taken a wanted suspect into custody following a 4-hour standoff. On Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at approximately 11:32 a.m., Sheriff’s deputies tracked 30-year-old Victor Manuel Ayala Sanchez to a residence in the 1100-block of East Sunset Avenue. Deputies learned that there were several additional occupants in the residence including a child. As additional resources arrived, including a K9 team, Special Enforcement Team and Crisis Negotiation Team, deputies safely evacuated the additional occupants.
In the hours that followed, deputies placed several phone calls to the suspect as well as giving him verbal commands to safely surrender. Deputies eventually entered the residence and found the suspect hiding in an attic area where he was eventually taken into custody without further incident at approximately 3:08 p.m.