Man charged with burglary after standoff, threat to grandmother

A man was arrested Monday morning after a police standoff in east Vancouver on suspicion of threatening his grandmother with a broken wine bottle.

According to a probable cause statement from police, Dillon T. Richards, 24, of Vancouver brandished the sharp end of a wine bottle at his grandmother Monday at a house on the 1200 block of Northeast 129th Avenue. He is being held on $35,000 bail.

The police said Richards was upset because the house was out of wine, and when his grandmother returned after getting more, he became enraged that it was the wrong wine. He smashed the bottle against an oven’s glass door and allegedly held the broken bottle at her face, court records said.

Both the grandmother and another woman in the house said Richards said he planned to wait in the house until police showed up and get shot by an officer, according to court records.

Members of the Vancouver Police Department surrounded the house, and Richards eventually came outside. Vancouver police Cpl. Doug Rickard said Richards resisted arrest, and officers shocked him with a stun gun. Rickard said no one else was hurt.

Richards was arrested on suspicion of first-degree domestic violence burglary, because he entered the house unlawfully and threatened his grandmother, court records said. Both women have restraining orders against Richards, according to court records.

Richards’ arraignment hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.