{"id":261107,"date":"2026-04-10T13:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261107\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:23:14","slug":"clovis-police-arrest-dv-suspect-after-two-hour-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261107\/","title":{"rendered":"Clovis police arrest DV suspect after two-hour standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have identified the man who was arrested following a two-hour standoff in Clovis on Wednesday morning as Eric Hazelton, 49, of Clovis.<\/p>\n<p>Ty Wood, spokesperson for the Clovis Police Department, said Hazelton will be charged with domestic violence, battery on a police officer and criminal threats.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to a domestic violence call near Sierra and Armstrong avenues about 9 a.m. Wednesday. Officers said Hazelton barricaded himself alone in the house after fighting with authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Wood said authorities took Hazelton into custody following a two-hour standoff in which officers attempted negotiations and deployed \u201cless lethal options,\u201d such as a taser and pepper balls.<\/p>\n<p>Wood said the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office assisted officers with their helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BKD - Hazelton, Eric 040826.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"1432\" title=\"BKD - Hazelton, Eric 040826.png\" alt=\"Eric Hazelton, 49, of Clovis was arrested after a 2-hour standoff with Clovis police on Wednesday morning.\"\/>                                                                                    Eric Hazelton, 49, of Clovis was arrested after a 2-hour standoff with Clovis police on Wednesday morning.                                                                                                                                                                        Clovis Police Department                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have identified the man who was arrested following a two-hour standoff in Clovis on Wednesday morning as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-261107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}