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Luis Pena

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Woman arrested after standoff, search

A woman was arrested on Sunday after a standoff and a search

conducted with the assistance of the Orange County Harbor Patrol,

police said.

Newport Beach police arrested Erika Arney, 19, from Whittier on

suspicion of attempted assault after a Newport Beach police officer

was almost run over.

The pursuit began at 7:45 a.m. after neighbors observed a female

in the 1500 block of Cornwall Lane removing packages from a house.

“We dispatched officers up there, and they saw her sitting in a

vehicle which turned out to be a stolen vehicle from Anaheim,” said

Sgt. Rob Morton of the Newport Beach Police Department.

After officers made contact with Arney, she sped off, almost

hitting an officer, Morton said. Police pursued her vehicle for only

a few blocks, to the end of Mariners Drive, where it collided with

another vehicle, he said.

Arney entered a house by an unlocked door on the second floor,

barricaded herself in a bedroom, and threatened to shoot herself with

a gun, Morton said. Four adults were in the house at the time but

were unaware that someone had entered until police notified them,

Morton said. None of the residents were injured, he said.

The suspect jumped from a balcony and fled, Morton said.

Two Harbor Patrol officers on a fireboat found the suspect in the

area of 1600 Galaxy Drive and alerted Newport Beach police, Harbor

Patrol Sgt. Dave Ginther said.

Police headed to the area, and Arney was captured in a backyard.

Arney also has outstanding warrants, he said.

-- Luis Pena