Warren man arrested after brief standoff

WARREN — A West Avenue NW man held police at bay briefly Sunday afternoon.

Police were called to 1741 West Ave. NW at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday after a woman said she was in an argument with her son and he fired a shot from a gun, assaulted her and ran to an upstairs bedroom with the gun.

Police arrived and surrounded the house and blocked the area off until the man, later identified as 26-year-old Darren Lee, came out of the house about 45 minutes later.

When he was taken to the Trumbull County Jail reports said corrections officers also found two bags of crack cocaine on Lee. He was jailed for the charges of felonious assault and possession of drugs crack cocaine.

Reports did not mention if a gun was recovered.