Richardson SWAT standoff ends with drug suspect’s arrest

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Richardson police arrested a drug suspect after a SWAT standoff overnight.The man had barricaded himself in a shed behind a home in the quiet neighborhood.The standoff started around 11 p.m. on Tuesday after officers with the Richardson Police Department tried to pull over a suspect wanted in a narcotics investigation.They said 45-year-old Clayton Stotts refused to stop and there was a brief chase.Stotts eventually stopped and ran into the backyard of a home in the 100 block of West Shore Place.The man barricaded himself inside a shed and was taken into custody by SWAT officers around 1 a.m.He’s now facing charges for both evading arrest and the manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance.Police said they found narcotics on him and in his vehicle.Video shared by FOX 4 viewer Sandy Romo showed more than a dozen police vehicles rushing into the quiet Richardson cul-de-sac street.Romo runs a wildlife rescue and was up caring for injured and orphaned squirrels."I do midnight feedings
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