San Jose man arrested after 7-hour standoff following machete attack on neighbor
The victim was attacked while taking out the garbage Sunday morning; the suspect barricaded himself for more than seven hours.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Palm trees and the Hotel Valencia at Santana Row in San Jose on a sunny day. Photo: Payton Chung / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
A man accused of attacking his neighbor with a machete in San Jose on Sunday was arrested after barricading himself in his home for more than seven hours.
What happened
Police were called to the 1800 block of Naples Drive at about 9:05 a.m. Oct. 25.
The suspect barricaded himself inside and was taken into custody at about 4:20 p.m.
The victim, Alberto Cuevas, said he was attacked while taking out the garbage. He needed stitches to his head, was treated at a hospital and released.
Cuevas said he had prior run-ins with the neighbor.
The investigation is ongoing.
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