Port St. Lucie police arrest child pornography suspect following 3-hour standoff
Detectives were searching the suspect’s home on the 800 block of Watson Court, looking to comb through 35-year-old Joshua Valdez’s phone and computer for child pornography.
Investigators say Thursday night’s standoff all started when the SWAT team arrived at Valdez’s house with a search warrant.
“He made face-to-face contact with the swat team when they arrived,” said Assistant Chief Leo Niemczyk with the Port St. Lucie Police Department. “Upon sight of us, the suspect decided to barricade himself inside the home.”
At that point, the crisis negotiators stepped in, trying for three hours to get Valdez to surrender peacefully, but Valdez wouldn’t cooperate.
