Barricaded Prineville man armed with knife surrenders to Central Oregon SWAT team, ending hours-long standoff
Barney Lerten
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A police call lto a Prineville residence Thursday evening led to a standoff with a barricaded man armed with a knife that lasted several hours before the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team was able to convince him to surrender.
Officers responded shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday to a call of a disturbance involving a weapon in the 800 block of NE Belknap Street, Police Chief Jeff Profio said in a news release Friday.
Prineville officers and Crook County sheriff’s deputies tried to contact the man, but he refused to come out of the residence, Profio said.
The CERT team responded to assist after the suspect, later identified as Jacob Todd Boyum, 46, of Prineville, barricaded himself inside the home and was believed to be armed.
The Prineville Review reported that the man refused to come out of a camper trailer, and the heavy law enforcement response drew a crowd of more than 100 onlookers. It said a family member who asked to remain anonymous told the Review police alleged Boyum threatened others with a knife and was likely dealing with a “mental episode.”
For several hours, law enforcement made repeated “loud hail” announcements, trying to encourage the suspect to surrender.
When these efforts were unsuccessful, Profio said CERT utilized unspecified “additional methods to attempt to gain the suspect’s compliance and continued to encourage the suspect to surrender peacefully.”
Eventually, Boyum surrendered peacefully, the police chief said, adding that “no force was used during the arrest.”
The Review reported that CERT used one of its armored vehicles to breach the camper’s back window and place a cellphone inside in an effort to speak with him. He surrendered without further incident a short time later.
Boyum was lodged in the Crook County Jail on charges of menacing and unlawful use of a weapon, as well as a felony warrant for parole violation.
“There were no injuries to the suspect or law enforcement personnel during this incident,” Profio said.
The initial charging document indicated Boyum was armed with a knife. Court records show he was due for arraignment Friday afternoon on the charges.
Profio said Prineville Police “would like to thank the Crook County Sheriff’s Office, Bend Police Department, Redmond Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and the CERT team for their assistance and professionalism during this incident.”