SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office and SWAT responded to a domestic violence incident that led to a standoff and the arrest of a suspect.
Yesterday on March 28 around 10:06 a.m., Spokane County deputies got a call about a domestic violence incident with a knife at a residence in the 6300 block of North Regal Street.
The victim escaped during the incident and called 911 from a safe location.
Deputies arrived and talked to the victim, who stated that the suspect, identified as 41-year-old Jesse L. Lane, had been upset for the last few days and was consuming heavy amounts of alcohol and possibly drugs.
They stated that this morning on March 28, he was very angry and “not in his right mind”. Lane began cursing and yelling at the victim before arming himself with a large kitchen knife. As his rage continued, he stabbed a door, physically assaulted and strangled the victim, and threatened to kill her.
Deputies arrived at Lane’s house to arrest him for several charges, including felony assault (domestic violence); several additional deputies responded to the home, where the suspect was reported to be alone.
Deputies set up a perimeter around his home and told Lane to surrender peacefully and that he was under arrest.
Multiple initial attempts to contact Lane went unanswered, but he was eventually contacted by phone.
Deputies say Lane was highly agitated, noncompliant, and verbally abusive, telling Deputies to “pull the trigger” before hanging up.
Due to Lane’s irrational and violent actions, along with knowing he was armed with at least knives, the SWAT Team, Crisis Negotiators, K9 Unit, UAS operators, and other assets were called to assist, while a search warrant was requested.
Deputies continued to try to de-escalate the situation but Lane was still threatening the deputies and continued to tell them to kill him.
Deputies report that he walked onto the porch several times while armed with a baseball bat and hit a porch post multiple times, breaking the bat. He threw the broken bat handle and struck an armored vehicle occupied by SWAT Team members, only to go back inside to arm himself with another bat.
Around 5:10 p.m., with a warrant and with all attempts to get Lane to surrender unsuccessful, SWAT used less lethal options and additional tactics to take Lane into custody.
Lane was provided medical treatment, and after being medically cleared, he was transported to the Spokane County Jail, where he was booked for Assault First Degree, Assault Second Degree (domestic violence), Malicious Mischief Third Degree and Obstructing Law Enforcement.
